Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When an inquisitive fish or crab provokes them to such action , it finds itself struggling in a mesh of filaments while the sea cucumber slowly inches itself away on the tube feet that protrude from its underside . |
| 2 | Probably , she concluded , it had just washed itself along on a tide of alcohol and that uneasy mixture of salaciousness and sanctimoniousness which characterises these melancholy occasions . |
| 3 | By what means passengers thus fasten themselves securely on the roof of these vehicles , I know not ; but you constantly see numbers seated there , apparently at their ease , and in perfect safety . |
| 4 | ‘ And get yourself a good shoe designer and a good cutter , make your own shoes , begin an emporium instead of just importing and selling the leather , at least then you would not find yourself out on a limb in a man 's world . ‘ |
| 5 | Oliver Sacks is hardly putting himself out on a limb when he affirms that the brain is not like a computer : neuroscientists have been telling the Artificial Intelligence buffs that for years . |
| 6 | Back in his room , he carefully laid himself down on the bed . |
| 7 | Tavalouze marched forward and gracelessly threw himself down on the cushions . |
| 8 | The small number of influential British biologists , men such as Richard Owen and T. H. Huxley , often modelled themselves self-consciously on the Germans . |
| 9 | After a moment I lifted my head and cried , ‘ Do n't throw yourself away on an animal like him ! |
| 10 | Most black elders in Britain today maintain themselves either on the level of income support rates or below the poverty level . |
| 11 | She spread them out , then settled herself down on the sleeping-bag beside the fire to comb her hair dry . |
| 12 | He offered her the only chair then set himself down on the edge of the bed , facing her . |