Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pn reflx] in [art] " in BNC.

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1 Or you can go flying with Dumbo and lose yourself in the wonderland of ‘ Alice 's Curious Labyrinth . ’ .
2 Swallow a pint instead , and lose yourself in the waves of The Little Fish .
3 Perhaps you could go and fight in one of those wars they 're always having somewhere and lose yourself in the din of battle .
4 For those who wish to escape the hustle and bustle and lose themselves in the peaceful Nottinghamshire countryside , the working farms of the Nottinghamshire Farm Tourism Group offer a taste of the rural tradition .
5 In contrast , the Dionysiac chorus , like unconscious actors , enter into and lose themselves in the characters that their collective ecstasy impels them to conjure up .
6 She wanted only to rid herself of the blocks Ewan had inflicted on her and lose herself in a new future .
7 Benny swallowed the barley sugar rather than be accused of eating sweets in the public view , and let herself in the back .
8 When it 's as warm as it is tonight , you 'll be able to leave the hatch open and imagine yourselves in the heart of Venice . "
9 Close your eyes and imagine yourself in a bookshop .
10 Try and put yourself in the employer 's place , or perhaps in the place of one of the people you may be dealing with as the employer 's representative .
11 We , we ca n't stand there in front of members and put ourselves in the firing line if we do n't know the answers to their questions .
12 The sexual revolution was beginning and it was very exciting to get away from home and enjoy yourself in a relatively guilt-free way . ’
13 Some geldings will ‘ tease ’ mares , and so can be a danger if on the other side of a wire fence , as a mare may strike out or kick at the gelding and injure herself in the fence .
14 He saw Ratagan 's axe flash like a star and bury itself in a hairy snout , splintering black blood .
15 Someone claimed they saw a huge wormlike thing slither out of the meteorite and bury itself in the earth . ’
16 ‘ Any idiot could stick a few leaves from a houseplant on their heads , and wrap themselves in a bedsheet .
17 I sat up late last night and read the Geste as far as to where Beren and his gnomish allies defeat the patrol of orcs above the sources of the Narog and disguise themselves in the reaf [ Old English : ‘ garments , weapons taken from the slain ’ ] .
18 His description was that ‘ it is easy to aim for the front room and find yourself in the kitchen ’ .
19 I have canvassed the views of my hon. Friend the Minister for Local Government and Inner Cities who is very European , and he assures me that people who live in the southern part of Spain were totally bemused to wake up one day and find themselves in an invented region called Andalusia with a different Government from than in Madrid .
20 To open a white painted door , its handle and finger plate of white porcelain rimmed in gold and painted with fat roses , and find herself in a low warm room where every surface was cushioned and padded , designed for comfort , was a revelation indeed .
21 They could all go hang ; she 'd switch them off and go and submerge herself in the bath for half an hour .
22 If the parent bird is aquatic and is making its display on water , it may turn on its side , flap one wing awkwardly in the air and paddle itself in a circle as if it is hopelessly crippled .
23 As he crept in through the scullery window she would leap from her bedroom and conceal herself in the nettles , unconscious of the pain .
24 ‘ And have n't you heard the Scriptures saying that a man should tie a millstone round his neck and throw himself in the sea sooner than abuse a little child ? ’
25 Charlotte was glad of the excuse to leave him and busy herself in the kitchen .
26 When you spread work like this over a very long period you are able to look into yourself , and see yourself in a great work of art .
27 A. There are , but we 've been in this business for nearly 200 years and pride ourselves in the fact that we have probably dealt with every known problem that has ever arisen .
28 I 've made lots of forties and fifties but not the big hundreds that get you noticed , ’ strangely adding , ‘ I want to improve my fielding and establish myself in the one-day game . ’
29 I ought to be on holiday , but I was n't : this was merely a brief interlude before I had to report to that wretched banker and enmesh myself in a host of false relationships in the Ingard office , to try to discover — what ?
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