Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | And all of the family starting to watch the boy more closely as he sailed or forced himself through one limit after the other — a talent , it was beginning to seem , in every pocket . |
2 | Lee lifted herself a little towards her goddess and rested herself on one elbow , looking up like a child , expectant . |
3 | Julie screamed again and threw herself to one side , hissing in pain as a silver of broken glass sliced through the flesh on the back of her left hand . |
4 | Bracing his knees against the gunwale and steadying himself with one hand on the mizzen backstay , he prepared to relieve himself over the stern . |
5 | By eight-thirty , after putting the army to rights , and warming ourselves on one cup of tea after another , we were too cold to stay up . |