Example sentences of "at [pn reflx] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1980 a series of events occurred which forced us to look at ourselves in a new and harsh light . |
| 2 | But he once explained that this was due merely to prolonged gazing at himself in a mirror . ’ |
| 3 | Piggy believed that he had overcome his disabilities and looked at himself in a very different way from the other boys . |
| 4 | He walked to the phone , pausing on the way to take another admiring look at himself in the mirror . |
| 5 | He ran a glass under the kitchen tap , then returned to the living room and , looking at himself in the full-length mirror all the while , stood there naked , shaking violently as if with cold , and poured himself and drank three glasses of water without stopping . |
| 6 | Henry looked at himself in the kitchen mirror , as he crumpled up the other three pages of this latest missive and threw it in the swingbin . |
| 7 | There is nobody here who ca n't wake up in the morning and look at himself in the mirror . ’ |
| 8 | He was still staring at himself in the mirror , seeing himself for the first time as a man , not a boy . |
| 9 | In the early evening of the next day he dressed himself in his best suit and wore a clean shirt and a razor tight collar ; he looked at himself in the mirror , yes , he looked good , almost handsome , one must die with dignity . |
| 10 | He wandered off round the room , looking at himself in the mirrors and pulling faces and laughing . |
| 11 | One reaches over my shoulder and cranes his neck so that he can look at himself in the mirror . |
| 12 | Every time Dyson looked at himself in the kitchen mirror , trying to imagine it was a television screen , his stomach and Jannie 's stomach turned over in unison . |
| 13 | Every morning , the first thing Narcissus did when he woke up was to look at himself in the mirror . |
| 14 | He stared at himself in the mirror as they measured him . |
| 15 | I 'm meant to be fighting the Germans , not going to a wedding , he said out loud , as he looked at himself in the cracked mirror above the washbasin . |
| 16 | Well wha what he does is is he looks at himself in the mirror something like that and er he sees sees the body he 's jumped into . |
| 17 | Behind it , across an empty mile , a ridge looked at itself in a mirage lake . |
| 18 | The therapist encouraged her to look at herself in a more realistic way , and particularly to try to identify her good points and qualities . |
| 19 | Her main occupations seemed to be divided between gazing with admiration at herself in a mirror for hours on end , and persuading whoever was available to take her walkies . |
| 20 | But now as she stood looking at herself in a full length looking glass , she could see that she had indeed what the magazines described as the perfect figure , firm round breasts , a narrow flat waist , good hips , a small posterior , and long slender legs which were greatly enhanced by the silk stockings the assistant had carefully rolled on to them . |
| 21 | Sprawled over them were two more eunuchs ; one was staring at herself in a mirror , applying lipstick , the other was combing her hair . |
| 22 | A couple of hours later she glanced at herself in a mirror and gave a rueful little chuckle . |
| 23 | No , Kathleen thought , looking at herself in the mirror , at her own , pale face , no , she is not afraid , that is not it , Isabel has never known fear . |
| 24 | She was looking at herself in the full-length mirror by the side of the bed , pulling great lumps out of her stomach and grimacing at her own image . |
| 25 | Daisy gazed at herself in the mirror . |
| 26 | She switched off the engine , glanced at herself in the driving mirror and got out , letting Bunny jump on to the drive . |
| 27 | She peered appraisingly at herself in the mirror , pulling faces as if she were alone , and I was embarrassed by her candour . |
| 28 | Looking at herself in the mirror she saw that her eyes were swollen and her face blotchy . |
| 29 | Kate had liked it : you could tell by the way she fingered the material , by the way she looked at herself in the mirror with her chin lifted just a little higher than usual . |
| 30 | Jane grimaced at herself in the mirror . |