Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pn reflx] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He could win his place back or put himself on the market . ’
2 Victoria came up the room and seated herself on the couch , and without either greeting or preamble , she said , ‘ I 've had indigestion ever since Christmas Day .
3 In some minutes the short hairs on the disc of the leaf began to bend , then the long hairs , and laid themselves on the insect .
4 ‘ It tripped on the rein and lamed itself on a tree-root , ’ said Crane .
5 She ran past him , and flung herself on the door , fumbling with the catch .
6 This occurred just after I took a turning and found myself on a road curving around the edge of a hill .
7 I did a neat somersault and found myself on the bottom of the river , drowning ; fishing jacket , waders and fishing bag weighed me down .
8 Me and Sam missed our way and found ourselves on the edge of Foxton Mire .
9 No , oh yes , nick all the cards and played myself on the tune
10 The plaintiff slipped and injured himself on an area of floor to which sawdust had not been applied .
11 He and Mr Fletcher sat at the table and Willie took one of the mugs and perched himself on the stool in front of the range .
12 Lucy remonstrated , when Virginia had made them both a cup of tea and perched herself on the edge of Lucy 's bed .
13 She went over and perched herself on the ottoman at his feet .
14 Shots slammed into the walls inside the courtyard where the civilians cried and threw themselves on the ground .
15 She went into another room and threw herself on a bed .
16 She raced upstairs to her apartment and threw herself on the bedcover , a Welsh patchwork quilt in a soft pattern of cream and pink .
17 Rapidly clearing away some bric-à-brac — a fan , a mandolin , a rusty bird cage — from a velvet throne , she invited Ruth to sit down , and settled herself on the edge of a dress-basket .
18 I turned off the road when I drew level with the Brigadier and his Officers , and placed myself on the right of Mills Roberts as the Brigade swept past to the tune Highland Laddie .
19 I forced the gun down and hit myself on the knees .
20 ‘ Someone could have hit him and then he fell over and hit himself on the fender or the door-jamb or the bedpost — ’
21 Lorton passed the bag to Dougal and balanced himself on the sill , with his legs outside the house .
22 The tall heavy , dark-haired with thick brows too close together , stood up and balanced himself on the balls of his feet .
23 She blindfolded him with her sopping knickers , and balanced herself on the edge of the table .
24 ‘ Toddler fallen out of an upstairs window and impaled himself on the railings .
25 We swam in the lake and sunned ourselves on the lawn among the flowering magnolias .
26 They came before the tent and prostrated themselves on the ground before following their chief to prison .
27 Whereas I — ’ he sighed theatrically and smote himself on the chest — ‘ am Arab . ’
28 She guided him to an armchair and sat herself on the edge of a Victorian sofa .
29 He chased them in Australia last year , tried to hunt them down at the Arms Park in the World Cup , but found himself on the end of the heaviest Welsh defeats home and away .
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