Example sentences of "to lose [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Get into the main street , we can try to lose ourselves amongst the other cabs . ’ |
| 2 | The film sped up as Cameron ran out of the building , still in his tailcoat , and tried to lose himself in the streets around the Barbican . |
| 3 | Because of the growing publicity surrounding his movements , he decided to lose himself in the crowd , going in through the turnstiles and watching the player from the terraces . |
| 4 | And though she longed to lose herself in the flames , to be consumed and reborn , she was also terribly afraid . |
| 5 | She could have wished it otherwise — then she might have been able to lose herself in the crowd . |
| 6 | So she had downgraded herself , attempting by each step to lose herself in the back-streets of the cities she went to . |
| 7 | I 'll try to lose myself on the way into the factory . ’ |
| 8 | The outer leaves are very important for the effect of the painting , especially against the sky , whereas it is possible to lose myself in the inner masses to some extent . |
| 9 | It is a sunset on the Atlantic , after a prolonged storm ; but the storm is partially lulled , and the torn and streaming rain-clouds are moving in scarlet lines to lose themselves in the hollow of the night . |
| 10 | By exposing the workings of pop ( the way myth is stagemanaged , the way glamour is constructed ) the new pop entryists actually deny the listener the chance to lose themselves in the ‘ commodity fetishism ’ they purport to celebrate . |
| 11 | She saw only a half-dozen dirty , twelve-year-old faces grinning at her , a half-dozen skinny little bodies beginning to disperse , to lose themselves in the alleys where they would be indistinguishable from dozens more . |
| 12 | A trail marked with simple stone arches every half mile or so leads to Las Ruinas on top of each , but it 's easy to lose yourself in the maze of secondary trails which weave between the small fields . |