Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] and [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She bounced and cuddled herself into half a dozen bright scatter cushions . |
| 2 | Then she turned and eased herself over the lip , clambered down the old wooden steps set into the clay wall , and ran across towards the jetty . |
| 3 | I 'd never be so desperate for you , Travis McKenna , that I 'd stoop so low ! ’ she cried and pushed herself to her feet , wanting only to get out of there . |
| 4 | Finally , reluctantly , she emerged and wrapped herself in a towel , then found another for her hair , winding it turban-style . |
| 5 | She washed and dried herself between the legs and inserted a fresh tampon . |
| 6 | She whimpered and covered herself with injuries , saying she could eat shit if that would please the sorceress , eat the sorceress 's own shit , and drink her piss too , if it pleased her . |
| 7 | At Santerre 's insistence we sat and warmed ourselves with possets of hot wine and slices of sugared pastry . |
| 8 | Then again they would just stand there , or squat down in the shade of a sand hill , their eyes fixed on the two endless parallels , following them out until they joined and lost themselves in the bush . |
| 9 | He bent and twisted himself before it , jerking suddenly this way and that , as if he were lying in wait for disease , determined to pounce on it before it could strike . |
| 10 | She stood her ground — he came and planted himself in front of her . |
| 11 | He came and threw himself on our bed , shaking all over . |
| 12 | I stood and looked at it and it came and rubbed itself against my leg . |
| 13 | Then he turned and flung himself into his nanny 's arms . |
| 14 | He sighed and lowered himself to the other end of the settee . |
| 15 | He anticipated and insured himself for the re-emergence of Richard Nixon from the political wilderness in 1968 , and correctly judged that Ronald Reagan would defeat Jimmy Carter in 1980 ( which was not such an inevitable result as the next eight years made it seem ) . |
| 16 | Recovering his balance with uncanny speed , he snarled and launched himself after the still tumbling figure of his intended victim . |
| 17 | The problem solved , he smiled and congratulated himself on his devious ingenuity . |
| 18 | Firmly , however , he regrouped and readdressed himself to the task . |