Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [verb] [pn reflx] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 2 | By the time he had got to suggesting that 126 card-carrying Communists were on the staff of the New York Times Sunday supplement , Matusow 's credibility was fraying , and , in 1956 , after a series of volte-faces he found himself on the wrong end of a five-year sentence for perjury . |
| 3 | The moment you stand in front of an orchestra you hurt yourself on the inertia of the matter . |
| 4 | Within three weeks I had handed in my dissertation , Lorne had assembled the rudimentary equipment , and with more bravado than common sense we found ourselves on the island of Celebes in the South China Sea . |
| 5 | In reaching his decision he founded himself on the only reported case as far as we know that has been decided under this provision ; it is the decision of the Court of Appeal in Brown v Liverpool Corporation [ 1969 ] 3 AER 1345 . |
| 6 | This time I patted myself on the back all the way to the hotel . |