Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I heard no more from the Head ( could someone have come worse than me ? ) and also I found myself in a new dorm filled with chaps who were in the top classes at school . |
| 2 | At the top I found myself in a wide gallery looking down onto the floor below . |
| 3 | Strangely , and almost coinciding with this modification to weight reduction , I found myself in a lack-of-petrol situation . |
| 4 | and I found myself in a bare street . |
| 5 | I found myself in a rough cubicle with a torn curtain hanging to approximately knee-height . |
| 6 | I was terrified of him , but I found myself in a horrible Catch 22 situation . |
| 7 | I found myself in a grey council estate that faced the river . |
| 8 | I found myself in a smart town square surrounded by glittering bars , hotels and souvenir shops . |
| 9 | I found myself in a large room , where the curtains were closed to allow no daylight in , and the candles were lit . |
| 10 | All of a sudden , I found myself in a festive gathering , as I had absent-mindedly gatecrashed an exhibition launch at the Gallery of Photography . |
| 11 | Indeed , it was at this time that , ironically , I turned myself into a genuine adept of the Magus of the Quotidian . |
| 12 | ‘ I paid for the rent for the villa , which I arranged myself with a Belgian count who owned it , and also paid the air fares for all the Mellors , ’ she said . |
| 13 | I comforted myself with a few thoughts of what I would do to the culprit if I ever caught him ; realised that was highly unlikely , and headed for the golf course . |
| 14 | Sarah : I define myself as a socialist lesbian feminist , but of course that in some sense begs more questions than it answers . |
| 15 | I lower myself into a contained eddy of water and lean back against a seat of rounded stone . |
| 16 | I find myself on a small brick platform about twenty feet above a man-made , well-bricked channel which follows a straight course through the factories and warehouses . |
| 17 | ‘ You see , I find myself in a similar position . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever , |
| 19 | ‘ I just did a couple of wild things for the videos : I covered myself with a hundred thousand bees for the Flight Of The Bumblebee and I also walked on hot coals ! ’ |
| 20 | So I settled myself in a small tavern just down the street . |
| 21 | The expression " New Deal " was first used by Roosevelt in his speech accepting the Democratic Party nomination as its presidential candidate in July 1932 , when he said " I pledge you , I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people . " |
| 22 | I hurt myself on a big erm . |
| 23 | Later , in my cabin , I treated myself to a long , languorous Omnipure sauna before turning at last to the task of choosing my outfit for the meeting with the Emissary . |
| 24 | Occasionally I treated myself to a half hour browse in a bookshop . |
| 25 | ‘ I introduced myself to a senior police officer as an international terrorist who would like to be taken to the England dressing room . |
| 26 | Next , I bathed myself with a soapy cloth in the appropriate hygienic order . |
| 27 | I see myself as a voluntary servant of the composer , not as his slave . |
| 28 | But I see myself in a different life |
| 29 | But now , inspired by the example of their neighbours in the restless Islamic Soviet Central Asian republics , one group of Chinese Muslims in Xinjiang province , which borders Afghanistan , Pakistan and the Soviet republics of Uzbekistan , Kazakhstan and Kirgizia , is showing signs of dissatisfaction and a desire for greater autonomy which manifested themselves in a small but bloody rebellion in March of this year . |
| 30 | Not only were they still ignorant of the language , but they now had a sense of personal inadequacy — totally justified , I might add — which manifested itself in a stubborn refusal to learn anything . |