Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [vb past] [pn reflx] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucy remonstrated , when Virginia had made them both a cup of tea and perched herself on the edge of Lucy 's bed . |
| 2 | ‘ It tripped on the rein and lamed itself on a tree-root , ’ said Crane . |
| 3 | ‘ Toddler fallen out of an upstairs window and impaled himself on the railings . |
| 4 | The severity of her discipline — she lived three years on bread and water , sometimes went barefoot to church in winter and prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church during weather so cold that the wine froze in the chalice during Mass — is typical of these women . |
| 5 | This occurred just after I took a turning and found myself on a road curving around the edge of a hill . |
| 6 | She raced upstairs to her apartment and threw herself on the bedcover , a Welsh patchwork quilt in a soft pattern of cream and pink . |
| 7 | They came before the tent and prostrated themselves on the ground before following their chief to prison . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She went into another room and threw herself on a bed . |
| 10 | I did a neat somersault and found myself on the bottom of the river , drowning ; fishing jacket , waders and fishing bag weighed me down . |
| 11 | She guided him to an armchair and sat herself on the edge of a Victorian sofa . |
| 12 | We swam in the lake and sunned ourselves on the lawn among the flowering magnolias . |
| 13 | Me and Sam missed our way and found ourselves on the edge of Foxton Mire . |