Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lowered myself down off the fence . |
| 2 | I flung myself down on the grass in the sunshine and stared up at the blue . |
| 3 | I howl , and I throw myself down on the floor . |
| 4 | I settle myself down at the mirror . |
| 5 | Maybe they saw ‘ little water-trees , starwort and milfoil and crow foot ’ ; and ‘ green caterpillars which let themselves down from the boughs by silk ropes for no reason at all ’ ; and ‘ great spiders with crowns and crosses marked on their backs ’ . |
| 6 | Breathlessly she flung herself down on the window seat . |
| 7 | Then suddenly she flung herself down on the bed and closed her eyes . |
| 8 | ‘ Is n't it time you got yourself down to the hospital to see that old bag in the bed ? |
| 9 | She threw herself down on the sofa , and slept . |
| 10 | She threw herself down on the bed and started crying wildly . |
| 11 | When she threw herself down on the grass , he had expected Underwood to take advantage of the situation , but he sat upright and apart . |
| 12 | ‘ Some charm , ’ she muttered as she threw herself down on the bed . |
| 13 | Ruth saw thrown spears hang in the air as if floating in water , and she thrust herself down into the grass , her face in her hands so as not to see any more . |
| 14 | She swung herself down from the back door and went round to the front steps of the kiosk . |
| 15 | She dumped herself down on the low stone wall that skirted the churchyard . |
| 16 | Scarcely pausing for thought , she sat herself down at the keyboard and , without so much as a sheet of music to look at , launched into Rachmaninov 's Second Piano Concerto , blushing deeply to the round of spontaneous applause . |
| 17 | She pushed herself down in the bed , as if trying to escape accusing glances . |
| 18 | We settle ourselves down in a First Class cabin , lay our delicacies out on the table , open some wine and champagne , set the crayfish on to plates that do n't look paper , and eat , drink and devour vast quantities of pâté , hors d'oeuvre and champagne . |
| 19 | While the adults sat on their forms we sat ourselves down on an assortment of broken chairs borrowed from the neighbours . |
| 20 | They threw themselves down on the street or took shelter behind cars and in doorways . |
| 21 | Sometimes on their fronts , sometimes on their backs , sometimes half standing , they threw themselves down to the damp coils below . |
| 22 | Gazzer watched her lower herself down from the top of the gates and edge out on one of the beams . |
| 23 | He lowered himself down to the bed and her hands frantically flew to his bare chest . |
| 24 | Then he flung himself down on the settee . |
| 25 | After some time he found himself down at the Green , where Emily had not come with him ; and remembered Emily , and decided that he must ask her to become engaged to him before he went , to wait for him ; would she agree ? |
| 26 | He plopped himself down on the nearest chair . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Suddenly he threw himself down on the ground and rolled over and over in the dust . |
| 29 | He threw himself down on the huge old bed and stared at the sloping timber ceiling . |
| 30 | He threw himself down in the chair , like a man beset by demons . |