Example sentences of "[adv prt] [coord] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its secondary antennae have become adapted , forming claws with which it digs in and fastens itself to the delicate gill lamellae . |
| 2 | He laid the picture down and seated himself before the table . |
| 3 | He sat down and helped himself from the coffee-pot on the table , then refilled Lucy 's cup as well . |
| 4 | Here she went to the dressing table where she sat down and regarded herself in the mirror . |
| 5 | I forced the gun down and hit myself on the knees . |
| 6 | Another good way of practising the start without having to go through the exhausting rig recovery is to sail along and lower yourself into the water . |
| 7 | Then she went through and threw herself on the comfortable cool silk bedcover , and lay in luxury , gazing up at the gently rotating white fan . |
| 8 | She went over and perched herself on the ottoman at his feet . |
| 9 | ‘ Someone could have hit him and then he fell over and hit himself on the fender or the door-jamb or the bedpost — ’ |
| 10 | Left alone , Meredith ignored her shaking legs and managed to strip off and ease herself into the heavy waist petticoats from beside the chest . |
| 11 | The tall heavy , dark-haired with thick brows too close together , stood up and balanced himself on the balls of his feet . |
| 12 | Eventually Don grappled with the critical section , and with a quick windmill of arms and legs was up and establishing himself on the next stance . |
| 13 | One woman derelict told her that after living with three husbands for twenty-five years she had decided to give them up and devote herself to the task of viewing the Cathedrals and Abbeys of the British Isles . |
| 14 | Hearing the slithering sound behind her she jumped up and pulled herself through the roof . |
| 15 | He could win his place back or put himself on the market . ’ |
| 16 | She loved them , and she loved the work though it left her with little time for going out and enjoying herself in the evenings . |
| 17 | With a detergent in action millions of tadpole-like components , led by their hydrophobic tails , seek out and attach themselves to the surface of dirt at any interface and congregate there in order to avoid the water . |
| 18 | He would have to heave her blood-stained body away from the door and then scramble over it before he could race out and lose himself in the hills . |
| 19 | He says you can still go out and enjoy yourself in the sun but it 's important to wear a hat and protective clothing — and to avoid the sun altogether when it 's at its height . |
| 20 | Its talons whipped out and embedded themselves into the boy 's skull , using the emptied eye sockets as a means of entry and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes against the dimness , saw that the talons were in fact hollow tubes , thin transparent bones . |
| 21 | Tippy lay back and prepared herself for the worst afternoon of her life . |
| 22 | For a craven moment she was tempted to go back and throw herself on the mercy of the landlady . |
| 23 | The Mayor and Corporation made their way back and grouped themselves round the cart , glad that somebody else was making the decisions . |
| 24 | This is a film trailer , she thought , and at any moment he is going to turn around and reveal himself as the hero , the hunted spy or the detective . |