Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it was that eventually I found myself in a hospital in Swindon close to other victims of Larry Foot . |
| 2 | Suddenly I found myself in a sack much larger than my body , but completely dark . |
| 3 | The Clwydian Hills , rising to the south and cloaked in cloud , looked wonderfully alluring : so I threw myself into the long climb with far more vigour than I might have done normally . |
| 4 | So I settled myself in a small tavern just down the street . |
| 5 | Suddenly she found herself under an intense media spotlight , enduring a 24-hour guard until she was 16 . |
| 6 | At two o'clock she seated herself at a window-table in a restaurant overlooking the Nile , near where the houseboat was moored . |
| 7 | But Robin still hungered for a night on the traps : so we found ourselves at the Harold Park Hotel , the crowds milling into the street , silhouetted against the lights of the adjacent Greyhound track . |
| 8 | Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress . |
| 9 | So we busy ourselves about the house or go on holiday in much the same way as we do our jobs . |
| 10 | This , in turn , suggests that perhaps he found himself in a dilemma — caught between his naturally humane feelings and the logic of his unsentimental , utilitarian theory . |
| 11 | The reader may interpret the " flock " metaphorically , but by doing so he distances himself from the character . |
| 12 | So he shaved himself in a great hurry . |
| 13 | Eliot had arranged with me beforehand that we should have a private meeting , and meanwhile I sank myself into the communal life of the place . |
| 14 | Finally she shut herself in the attic room on Ella 's day off and sobbed until she ached in body and soul . |
| 15 | Outside she found herself at the top of a fire escape . |
| 16 | Soon she aligned herself with a small group of women who wanted to break into publishing . |
| 17 | Meanwhile he readied himself for a sixteen-tooth smile . |
| 18 | Somehow he found himself in the street , walking , although he did not know where . |
| 19 | The gusto with which he designed these posters shows how whole-heartedly he gave himself to the task in hand . |
| 20 | Desperately he hauled himself along the cliff face , right leg dragging over rocks , waterfalls bucketing their charge of stones and gravel on his head . |
| 21 | All this happened in the twinkling of an eye and just as quickly I extricated myself from the upholstered prison , scraped up my hat and tried to bash it back into shape as I hobbled to retrieve a far-flung shoe . |
| 22 | ‘ One day , if I write my memoirs — the only thing I shall write well , if ever I put myself to the task of doing it — you will find a place in them , and what a place ! |
| 23 | I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new . |
| 24 | Nearby , the trees were distinguishable as oaks , ashes , chestnuts , yews , but gradually they resolved themselves into a universal greenness . |
| 25 | The more people travel the more they expose themselves to the risk of an accident . |
| 26 | Yesterday he played himself to a world cup spot , more consentrated and on the alert then ever . |
| 27 | Above all , however deeply he commits himself to a long-term end , it must never be allowed to outweigh ‘ Be aware ’ . |
| 28 | To reach Ariel and her mother , he had to cross the stream ; he did so , night after night , using stepping stones over unearthly flashes of phosphorescence in the water , and stepping up on to the further bank , still unwilling , still keeping his mind on Rebecca and the love he had sworn to her , until once more he found himself at the entrance of Ariel 's cabin , once more gave orders to the guard to leave him , and entered to speak to her , disturbing her rest , though she had come to expect his call ; then after their unsatisfactory exchanges , he would lift the fronds at the entrance and leave again , only to succumb once more , and toss himself off in rage and helplessness , before he skulked back to Belmont . |
| 29 | Without doing much more he found himself in the Scotland ‘ B ’ team to play Ireland at the end of December and the Scottish trial a week later . |
| 30 | 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 . |