Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Perdita cried unashamedly after they left , fleeing to her bare room and hurling herself down on the pink counterpane .
2 ‘ Now then , ’ he said , crouching under the eave and seating himself comfortably at the foot of his bed , ‘ what 's it all about , eh ? ’
3 Neither of them now took notice of Aggie 's returning to the room and seating herself down on the leather couch .
4 ‘ I love you — naught else matters , ’ she said , moving away and seating herself demurely on the furskin rug in front of the fire .
5 Gooch had a bowl , but it was an hour before the next casualty , Akram sparing Salim Malik in a misunderstanding over a third run and taking himself off on the sad trek back to the redbrick pavilion .
6 ‘ For Christ 's sake , get out , ’ he muttered , and levering himself out of the chair , he crossed the room in a stride and climbed the open stairs three at a time .
7 He was already inside and sitting himself down by the time I spoke .
8 ‘ Mr Blake ! ’ she said with enthusiasm , going over and plopping herself down on the bench beside him .
9 Her flesh shrank away from the paw 's touch , as if gathering and compressing itself on to the bone .
10 Edberg stamped his world class authority on the match , dominating the 90 minute final and setting himself up for the defence of his Wimbledon title .
11 ‘ When we understood what he meant to do , we endeavoured to dissuade him ; but he was resolute , saying he had not had a roll for a long time ; and taking out of his pockets whatever might be in them — keys , pencil , purse , or pen-knife — and laying himself parallel with the edge of the hill , he actually descended turning himself over and over till he came to the bottom . ’
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