Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] himself on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patrick flung himself on the mattress which Sarah was to use , and jumped up and down on his knees , full of boyish energy . |
| 2 | Trent seated himself on the taffrail . |
| 3 | Hauser prided himself on his ability to manipulate human beings . |
| 4 | Although Koch prides himself on his team 's technological programme , he admitted he had overlooked the change to daylight-saving time , which meant the races began an hour earlier , while the wind was still building . |
| 5 | Murdoch prides himself on being a journalist with the skill to edit his papers personally as and when he chooses . |
| 6 | So Bobby found himself on the carpet — on the silk dressing gown — and on Rachel ! |
| 7 | Edrich and Close soon went , and on two occasions Roberts found himself on a hat-trick ; the second time , Selvey edged to Greenidge at slip — and he dropped morning was fine and only one more run was added . |
| 8 | Richard threw himself on the floor screaming ! |
| 9 | Jagatan raised himself on one elbow , and Burun guessed that he had been drinking for most of the afternoon . |
| 10 | Gibson Keddie finds himself on the wrong end of a tongue lashing … |
| 11 | She wept and wept ; then Johnny propped himself on his elbow and began to stroke her arm with his free hand . |
| 12 | Haile Selassie seated himself on a crimson throne , and shortly afterwards the Empress took her place on a smaller throne . |
| 13 | Thus Jeffrey found himself on the Island of Sombrero in the Leeward group . |
| 14 | ITV 's Crime Monthly star Paul Ross found himself on the wrong side of the law after hitting a cyclist as he drove his car on a roundabout near London 's Waterloo station , a Westminster court heard . |
| 15 | Very few films are about rape , although it crops up all over the place — from the narrative device launching an endless cycle of Death Wish movies , to general ’ scene-setting ’ in war movies and crime thrillers , or used with sublime insensitivity to illuminate ( male ) character : Robert De Niro raping his childhood sweetheart in Once Upon A Time In America , Bob Hoskins forcing himself on the maid in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne . |
| 16 | Gerard threw himself on the floor . |
| 17 | Sandys went off to Washington at the end of January to update himself on the latest US operational thinking and advances in weapon technology . |
| 18 | [ Suddenly BELVILLE throws himself on PAMELA . |
| 19 | Klein prided himself on being a loyal subject who had served his adopted country with honour . |
| 20 | Auguste prided himself on his immaculate memory for all matters concerning meals for which he was responsible . |
| 21 | In Orphée ( 1950 ) , Cocteau prided himself on using mechanical effects rather than optical trickery for such magical moments as when the characters pass through the mirror to the world of the dead . |
| 22 | In 1653 John Lilburne found himself on trial a second time . |
| 23 | McLeish found himself on the verge of suggesting that a thoroughly unpleasant time in a New York jail might succeed in curing Tristram where all other methods , including exhortation , loving family support and a spell in a comfortable private hospital in Devon , had failed . |
| 24 | As the final chimes faded , Daniel raised himself on one elbow and started to outline with his finger the pattern of reflected leaves that decorated Elisabeth 's body . |
| 25 | Waugh prided himself on clowning his way out of trouble as ‘ the likeable Chinaman of the mess , ’ but he was tetchier and more dislikeable than he supposed . |
| 26 | She closed her eyes in ecstasy as Jamie flung himself on her , accusing her of being a flirt . |
| 27 | By the beginning of 1957 Franco found himself on the horns of a dilemma : both change and immobilism implied a high degree of risk for his continuation in power . |
| 28 | Davide threw himself on it to stop her pulling it off altogether with the bowl of fruit and the jug of water and glasses with it ; so they grappled , and in the contact something gave way , melted within them both and they clung together , aching in their heads and their bones as if they 'd been caught out on the mountains in the winter and been chilled to the marrow . |
| 29 | Huy raised himself on one elbow . |
| 30 | When the election was won , most handsomely , Pym found himself on the backbenches . |