Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had a feeling that Maidstone mentioned them to vindicate himself in the eyes of others . |
| 2 | And then I got myself in a knot cos there was a car coming up the road |
| 3 | And yet , alighting in the sunshine from the trembling train I found myself in a space transfigured by the three stages of the passage through the underworld that is matinee cinema : the transition from day to night ; the day for night of the viewing ; the transition back to daylight . |
| 4 | I found myself in a grey council estate that faced the river . |
| 5 | I found myself in a smart town square surrounded by glittering bars , hotels and souvenir shops . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I was terrified of him , but I found myself in a horrible Catch 22 situation . |
| 8 | She barked back , the door slid open wide enough for me to enter and I found myself in a roomful of dames all with rigor mortis of the third-finger-of-the-left-hand . |
| 9 | I found myself in a rough cubicle with a torn curtain hanging to approximately knee-height . |
| 10 | I 'd been playing slide for years and I found myself in a blues band . |
| 11 | At the top I found myself in a wide gallery looking down onto the floor below . |
| 12 | I found myself in a large room , where the curtains were closed to allow no daylight in , and the candles were lit . |
| 13 | Suddenly I found myself in a sack much larger than my body , but completely dark . |
| 14 | So it was that eventually I found myself in a hospital in Swindon close to other victims of Larry Foot . |
| 15 | and I found myself in a bare street . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Strangely , and almost coinciding with this modification to weight reduction , I found myself in a lack-of-petrol situation . |
| 18 | For example I found myself in a warehouse in Manhattan , where the New York Public Library keeps a lot of its records , and I discovered an enormous deposit of papers of , of an organisation which was actually very strongly against the minimum wage , which appeared not to have been touched for about the last — sixty years ? |
| 19 | Last month , I found myself in an unknown place . |
| 20 | Baulked through my lack of means of anywhere that would have corresponded to my Aunt Anna 's notions of gentility or my own aspirations , I found myself in an area of bleak but populous streets lined with smoke-blackened tenement blocks south of the river . |
| 21 | I found myself in an increasing dilemma at that school . |
| 22 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
| 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 | I found myself in the curious position of being the sponsor minister of the industry and also the minister ultimately answerable for health service spending . |
| 25 | Without knowing how , I found myself in the smart medieval quarter again . |
| 26 | But afterwards , I found myself in the dim bathroom of my hut staring at a haunted face . |
| 27 | A helpful , somewhat overstated hotel doorman gave me instant directions , from which I found myself in the shadow of Vine Street facing what seemed to be a series of rear entrances to a rather less than impressive warehouse . |
| 28 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge . |
| 29 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge |
| 30 | Then , on an impulse , I retraced my steps following the run of the old water washout pipes until I found myself in the remains of what must have been the old boilerhouse . |