Example sentences of "[vb base] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put himself out of the reach of Dr Ali , the Twenty-fourthers and everything else in the school . |
| 2 | Erlich let himself out of the room . |
| 3 | Hardly was he around the corner than the man in the parked car climbed out , crossed the road and let himself in to the apartment-block . |
| 4 | She placed the cheque in her bag , let herself out through the back way and , checking that Ryan had gone , because she did n't want him following her , she walked along the lane , careful not to trip on muddy ruts . |
| 5 | Going into the hall , she flung on a coat , pocketed the keys lying on the silver salver , and let herself out into the night . |
| 6 | Project yourself out of the routine and into profit |
| 7 | Others , seeing what so many people put themselves through in the quest for slimness , just decide not to bother . |
| 8 | I slid Lewis 's helmet on and cut myself off from the world . |
| 9 | I quietly let myself out of the flat and ran down the stairs coming too quickly upon a crumpled heap hunched at the bottom . |
| 10 | It was six o'clock when I let myself out of the house . |
| 11 | I found the whisky , let myself out of the cellar and locked it , turned all the lights out , gave Mrs McSpadden the bottle , accepted a belated new-year kiss from her , then made my way out through the kitchen and the corridor and the crowded hall where the music sounded loud and people were laughing , and out through the now almost empty entrance hall and down the steps of the castle and down the driveway and down to Gallanach , where I walked along the esplanade — occasionally having to wave or say ‘ Happy New Year ’ to various people I did n't know — until I got to the old railway pier and then the harbour , where I sat on the quayside , legs dangling , drinking my whisky and watching a couple of swans glide on black , still water , to the distant sound of highland jigs coming from the Steam Packet Hotel , and singing and happy-new-year shouts echoing in the streets of the town , and the occasional sniff as my nose watered in sympathy with my eyes . |
| 12 | I was going to tell her I had taken her keys and let myself back into the house , " he added , " but I arrived too late . |
| 13 | I took a shorter way than Sapt and when I reached the moat , I hid my horse in the trees , tied my rope round a strong tree and let myself down into the water . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I shut the door , crossed the yard , and let myself in through the kitchen . |
| 15 | That God 's creatures should revolt against him , and so cut themselves off from the ground of their own being , is an ‘ impossible possibility ’ which has nonetheless been actualised . |
| 16 | They all bugger themselves up in the end . |
| 17 | It would be so easy to give up the battle she 'd been waging against him , simply to lay down her arms and give herself up to the ecstasy of possession . |
| 18 | ‘ Drop yourself down into the glove , d'Arquebus . |
| 19 | Finally , after a comm-call to the Emissary brought Lord y'Fiprehaude himself on to the screen , to simper a confirmation , the warden grudgingly gave me clearance . |
| 20 | We recall that in the notebooks Dostoevsky has Raskolnikov reflect upon his crime and declare he had to commit it to achieve moral development and get himself out of the mess he was in . |
| 21 | this Dorothy told me about she said get yourself up to the wool shop Ann and |
| 22 | I 've got it , I 've got some how , but this wool threaded through here , she said get yourself up to the wool shop at Stock Hill they 've got this cotton look stuff in all colours for er fifty pence a ball |
| 23 | Birmingham Polytechnic offer all their facilities absolutely free of charge to us so get yourself down in the entertainment bar in Aston . |
| 24 | ‘ You should be with young people your own age , get yourself back into the swing of society . ’ |
| 25 | Burrowing bivalves , which are typically found in the soft bottoms of shallow seas today , dig themselves down into the sediment , where they escape the attention of many predators ( except birds with long bills ! ) . |
| 26 | We can not hope to compete with the big stores for plain , cheap knitwear — they can buy their yarn at much better prices than we can and when we add costing for our time we price ourselves out of the market . |
| 27 | ‘ If there was anything that caught his ear , he would tell everyone to be quiet and listen , and then fling himself about to the music . |
| 28 | If Labour can not stake its claim to be the future government , it may be by-passed by events and find itself back in the wilderness . |
| 29 | Gazzer watched her lower herself down from the top of the gates and edge out on one of the beams . |
| 30 | They rush from the water , fling themselves down on the beach and proceed to roll around in agony , screaming and frothing at the mouth . |