Example sentences of "to lose [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Get into the main street , we can try to lose ourselves amongst the other cabs . ’ |
| 2 | Of the latter he wrote , ‘ Lucas van Leyden is an artist of frailer calibre than Dürer , and prone to lose himself in imitation of stronger men , each of his contemporaries in turn dominating his style . ’ |
| 3 | He had never been able to lose himself in a crowd , or dash off somewhere suddenly on a whim . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The only way he could escape from the harsh realities of life was to lose himself in books , allowing his imagination to take over , seeing himself as the characters he read about . |
| 7 | He wanted to forget for a while — to escape from the prison of his real life , and to lose himself in dreams . |
| 8 | And though she longed to lose herself in the flames , to be consumed and reborn , she was also terribly afraid . |
| 9 | She could have wished it otherwise — then she might have been able to lose herself in the crowd . |
| 10 | So she had downgraded herself , attempting by each step to lose herself in the back-streets of the cities she went to . |
| 11 | I 'll try to lose myself on the way into the factory . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I very much wanted to be a character actress , to be able to lose myself in various parts . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Although Almsmead , the house they had built , was big enough , she felt quite certain , for half a dozen pairs of newly married turtle-doves to lose themselves in delicious privacy whenever they chose . |
| 18 | It is wonderful to lose yourself for a little while and you do meet such nice Medau people who do n't mind if you ca n't do it quite right and nearly drop your club on their foot ! |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ You have long enough to lose yourself in Fragonard 's world , Charlie . |
| 21 | ‘ To be as demanding as me , to lose yourself in my arms and to hell with the rest of the world . |