Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [pn reflx] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see myself on the roof of our house , as , for the last time , I spread the couscous out to dry on a sheet in the sun before my journey to London : I could see the village below me : the tops of the trees , the minaret , the ancient wall which ran round my village . |
| 2 | ‘ With one bound I would throw myself on the large white bearskin , which I adored , and cover its great head with kisses . ’ |
| 3 | Sam and I can amuse ourselves on the Sunday , and that will give you the opportunity to take Anna to the Forest . ’ |
| 4 | Foul up in a chimney and you 'll batter yourself on the walls . |
| 5 | Well , do n't keep me waiting another time , or you 'll find yourself on the Report for improperly working your beat . |
| 6 | A cell awaited her , and certain death — unless she could throw herself on the Queen 's mercy . |
| 7 | In another moment she would find herself on the other side of the door , facing disaster . |
| 8 | There are peel-off labels for the long holiday dates , something with which you can amuse yourself on the next bank holiday . |
| 9 | This is scarcely surprising , since we may pride ourselves on the fact that freedom of speech has existed in this country perhaps as long as , if not longer than , it has existed in any other country in the world . |
| 10 | This is scarcely surprising , since we may pride ourselves on the fact that freedom of speech has existed in this country perhaps as long as , if not longer than , it has existed in any other country in the world . |
| 11 | This is scarcely surprising , since we may pride ourselves on the fact that freedom of speech has existed in this country perhaps as long as , if not longer than , it has existed in any other country in the world . |
| 12 | But still we kept saying if only we could see ourselves on the video , that would help us . |
| 13 | We can congratulate ourselves on the forecasts which led to fixing fees at the right levels , but commercial criteria are not the only means of judging the fortunes of professional institutes . |
| 14 | France and England never pulled together , for all they might find themselves on the same side . ’ |
| 15 | Picking up their phones , they would thrust themselves on the punters , ramming stock , which was often of little value , down their throats . |
| 16 | There is , in fact , virtually no area at all where rabbits can not exist — they can support themselves on the edge of suburban Britain and maintain vast colonies on the most inhospitable heathland . |
| 17 | if you were buried alive , I mean , Uncle Nat when he used , when he was in , in Uncle Nat when he was out in the war , he used to come back home and he 'd only to hear a siren and he 'd throw himself on the floor |