Example sentences of "he [verb] [pn reflx] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The senior management of the force has required him to involve himself in politics , to deal with an authority out to undermine him , without adequate resources or support : ‘ I am conscious that this job gives no backing to senior officers who are libelled , and as far as I am concerned , the job is derelict in its duty to police chiefs . ’ |
| 2 | The drum grew louder in the final roll , the flautists blew steadily , keying up anticipation , and the rattle fell silent as Dulé took one step with his other foot and left the ground , then hand over hand into the air shinned up the free-standing ladder till he alighted at the tenth rung and hung there like a heron on a breakwater at home , it seemed to Kit , even as he asked himself in wonder , what unearthly magic 's here ? |
| 3 | Before rehearsals started , he got himself in trim by running every day , knowing that he would have to be ultra-fit for each night 's three-hour performance , appearing on stage for almost every minute of it . |
| 4 | At 20 , he found himself in Paris heading Lanvin 's millinery department . |
| 5 | Then he found himself in conversation with the Queen and the subject cropped up . |
| 6 | Subsequently he found himself in conflict with the local media when he tried to prevent Radio Vanuatu from reporting the views of his opponents . |
| 7 | In 1970 , his hard times continued : not for the first or last time in his career , he found himself in trouble with the authorities , being disqualified twice , once when he was winning and once when he was in second place . |
| 8 | He found himself in front of the main station . |
| 9 | When he found himself in front his main concern was not whether he might hold on to win but whether he would follow the right course . |
| 10 | They moved north to Scotland for an intensive period of training , and he found himself in command of a section of young volunteers , many of whom were to serve with him later in the Middle East . |
| 11 | In 1668 he found himself in gaol once again , this time on a charge of disturbing the peace . |
| 12 | When he found himself in charge of a famous school he seized his opportunity and set to work to instil in the offspring of the ruling classes the personally desirable and politically vital sense of sin . |
| 13 | One day he found himself in charge of the biggest train set in Never Never Land , and so he made some jolly exciting movies about friendly aliens , man-eating sharks , and an archaeologist who zoomed around the world thrashing Nazis . |
| 14 | He was about to add that 's how the old man made all his money , but he stopped himself in time . |
| 15 | He involved himself in Raymond Williams 's ‘ May Day Manifesto Committee ’ and he talked to others about what could be done . |
| 16 | Then he pronounced himself in favour of Baldwin remaining in office to meet Parliament . |
| 17 | The fame of Ian Dury — godfather of punk , creator of Sex ‘ n ’ Drugs and Rock ‘ n ’ Roll and , as he describes himself in rhyming slang , ‘ Britain 's best-known raspberry ripple ’ — has not yet reached every corner of the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford . |
| 18 | Although he distinguished himself in action , Hodgskin found naval discipline irksome and his comrades ' company desultory . |
| 19 | He imagined himself in people 's homes , earning money by displaying his natural taste . |
| 20 | He buried himself in work , while she filled every hour of the day playing tennis or golf at the Royal Club , or discoing at the Key or the Cheminée with a group of friends . |
| 21 | He buried himself in books on comparative religion , and began publishing scholarly tracts and books about the goddess . |
| 22 | Driven to the edge of despair and traumatised by the prospect of a court-case that deeply injured his pride , he threw himself in front of an express train bound for Edinburgh . |
| 23 | Although deaf and dumb and so unable to raise an alarm , he threw himself in front of an approaching train in a valiant effort to save a mother and child . |
| 24 | I have to say though that with the terms on which we 've gone into the European Monetary System , a six per cent fluctuation either way , which as I said means from two seventy seven deutschmarks up to three thirteen ; there 's quite a lot of risk there for an exporter if he prices himself in deutschmarks and he gets it wrong . |
| 25 | Fleeing the slaughter , he hid himself in Hamilton Kirk where : ‘ A number of other fugitives following him into the church were pursued by the dragoons , who , regardless of their cries for mercy , butchered them in the sacred place . ’ |
| 26 | From 5 p.m. on Aug. 20 , he declared himself in command of the Soviet Union 's security forces on Russian territory until the restoration of constitutional legality . |
| 27 | He plonked himself in front of Cherry 's Hollywood mirror and demanded to be made up like Boy George . |
| 28 | He expressed himself in favour of ideological purity , strictly in accordance with Marx , Engels , and Lenin , and for purging members who deviate . |
| 29 | He fancied himself in love with me , the silly boy , but that was absurd . |
| 30 | Early in the morning , in the grey cold light that precedes the rising sun , he positioned himself in trees to the east of the lake but out of sight of it . |