Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the adults sat on their forms we sat ourselves down on an assortment of broken chairs borrowed from the neighbours . |
| 2 | Yet , as we turned off the Buxton Road into Ashford-in-the-Water , we found ourselves back on schedule and completely relaxed . |
| 3 | Yet , as we turned off the Buxton Road and into Ashford-in-the-Water , we found ourselves back on schedule and completely relaxed . |
| 4 | Now we have to beat Portugal and Italy at Ibrox before the end of the year to get ourselves back on course to qualify for the World Cup finals . |
| 5 | He flung himself down on my bed , trying it out in different positions . |
| 6 | Then he flung himself down on the settee . |
| 7 | He broke his neck by throwing himself down on top of the reactor . ’ |
| 8 | He threw himself down on the bed with his head on my stomach , groaning , and between the groans saying that he would be a good husband in future , he honestly would , he adored me , he was very ashamed and only hoped I could forgive him . |
| 9 | And he flung himself down on his bed , his hands over his ears . |
| 10 | Suddenly he threw himself down on the ground and rolled over and over in the dust . |
| 11 | When she had finished , he motioned Tam forward first because he was the oldest , and the twelve-year-old boy rushed eagerly across the room to fling himself down on the altar mat . " |
| 12 | He offered her the only chair then set himself down on the edge of the bed , facing her . |
| 13 | He sighed and flung himself down on the chair . |
| 14 | Back in his room , he carefully laid himself down on the bed . |
| 15 | Tavalouze marched forward and gracelessly threw himself down on the cushions . |
| 16 | Corbett groaned and went up to his chamber , throwing himself down on the small cot and reflecting on what he had learnt . |
| 17 | He plopped himself down on the nearest chair . |
| 18 | He threw himself down on the huge old bed and stared at the sloping timber ceiling . |
| 19 | As the ethereal strains of Ravel stole through the room , Penry let himself down on the sofa , eyes closed . |
| 20 | The two girls collected their little felt bags and scurried away as Charlie sat himself down on a stool next to a box of plums . |
| 21 | Their horses were saddled and waiting , their farewells to the prior and brothers already made , and Hugh just reaching for his bridle , when Nicol came trudging sturdily in at the gatehouse , soiled and bruised and hoisting himself along on a staff he had cut for himself in the forest . |
| 22 | Gooch had a bowl , but it was an hour before the next casualty , Akram sparing Salim Malik in a misunderstanding over a third run and taking himself off on the sad trek back to the redbrick pavilion . |
| 23 | HAVE noticed that any old grandad who can prop himself up on a spade can dig better than I can , and it does seem that although women have virtues not given to men , men also have their gifts . |
| 24 | Betrayed by that shit Sarah Walker who was once his landlord 's daughter , plunged into crippling debt , mocked by polite society and dinner-table assassins , tortured by a cancer of the stomach , he could still prop himself up on one elbow in a room as shabby as this one and say exultantly ‘ Well , I 've had a happy life ! ’ |
| 25 | Rufus had propped himself up on one elbow , watching . |
| 26 | Angalo pushed himself up on his elbows . |
| 27 | Maura felt him push himself up on his arms . |
| 28 | He eased himself up on the pillow and examined the breakfast tray . |
| 29 | Harry propped himself up on one elbow and pulled open the top drawer of the bedside cabinet . |
| 30 | At last , Rourke moved , propping himself up on one elbow so that he could gaze down at her . |