Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last he succeeded in hauling himself over the boundary wall to the solid ground that marked the edge of Old Ashfield property . |
| 2 | I talked about shooting ourselves in the foot and that 's another example . |
| 3 | I thought of presenting myself at the docks and saying that my pocket had been picked … but I lacked the impudence to carry it off . |
| 4 | His pursuer smiled grimly , and waited as many seconds as he dared before heaving himself over the wall with surprising agility . |
| 5 | They won by applying themselves to the job in hand and , if they had continued to do the same in the Tests , it might have been an interesting summer . |