Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] [pn reflx] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A feeling of terror mounted in me , and I dragged myself to the telephone and rang Émile . |
| 2 | Soon my buttocks were pressing against the ceiling , then the back of my head , and I hauled myself to the edge of the rug to look for a way down before I was crushed . |
| 3 | There was nothing for Sophie to say after that and she resigned herself to the prospect of meeting Robert again , but later that morning , while she was working alone in the office , she felt desperately unhappy . |
| 4 | He believed the Lord could and would save him , and he committed himself to the Lord and trusted him to save him . |
| 5 | The country rolled endlessly beyond his sight , and he abandoned himself to the routine of riding , resting , eating and sleeping . |
| 6 | ‘ So he went down , ’ said Frome , as if puzzling it out , ‘ and he helped himself to the headmaster 's sherry . ’ |
| 7 | Once you had served a few years , you might come to detest the job , but you committed yourself to the future . |
| 8 | Mr Richardson said : ‘ His mother tried to bar him from using the telephone but he connected himself to the line by running a piece of wire under the carpet and soldering it to the telephone terminal . ’ |