Example sentences of "[adv prt] [pron] [noun pl] [coord] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 It would be so easy to give up the battle she 'd been waging against him , simply to lay down her arms and give herself up to the ecstasy of possession .
2 Fred 's face was flushed a deep red and his breath came fast as he slipped down his trousers and pressed himself on top of her body .
3 Too tired to think any more , she kicked off her sandals and freshened herself up in the scented blue-tiled bathroom , brushing her hair and wiping her hands and face , and then her feet , on the fluffiest white towel she had ever felt .
4 She basked in it , she took off her clothes and browned herself in it .
5 Virginia turned her head lazily where she lay supine on the fine white sand , and shot Guy a smile of such radiance that he flipped off his Raybans and propped himself on his elbows to scrutinise her more intently .
6 One species of beetle in Brazil , when alarmed , immediately folds up its legs and flattens itself sideways , exposing its white underside and so takes on the appearance of a bird dropping .
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