Example sentences of "himself on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time , Coleridge 's mother in-law , Mrs Fricker , also seemed on the point of death at the house in Oxford Street , Kingsdown , that he had just found for Sara and himself on the north side of the city . |
| 2 | His prosperity is shown by the ‘ magnificent dwelling house ’ which he built for himself on the north Thames frontage immediately to the east of the Fleet canal . |
| 3 | As he was about to sit down himself on the cross-seat , Joshua caught his arm . |
| 4 | By the middle of the century Arkesilas was himself on the run , fleeing from Cyrene via Euesperides to the west , where he was assassinated . |
| 5 | Lorton passed the bag to Dougal and balanced himself on the sill , with his legs outside the house . |
| 6 | The review seemed to think that the swinging Sixties contained a readership , among others , that would be shocked by the novel 's candour and scabrousness about sex — ‘ no doubt he has touched himself on the raw . |
| 7 | He could remember them discussing it over the ironing and himself on the floor playing with his soldiers behind the sofa and keeping very quiet about it because it was way past his bedtime . |
| 8 | She was aware of him settling himself on the floor in the corner by the bench , then stiffened when he picked up one of her finished pieces . |
| 9 | Gerard threw himself on the floor . |
| 10 | Richard threw himself on the floor screaming ! |
| 11 | to put his coat on , I picked him up and tried to carry him , and he just flung himself around so hard I had to put him down and he immediately flung himself on the floor again ! |
| 12 | if you were buried alive , I mean , Uncle Nat when he used , when he was in , in Uncle Nat when he was out in the war , he used to come back home and he 'd only to hear a siren and he 'd throw himself on the floor |
| 13 | A man Robert recognized as the second man from the Frog and Ferret started to hop in circles , beating himself on the head and shouting something . |
| 14 | Trent seated himself on the taffrail . |
| 15 | ‘ ’ Men' ’ she may not be , but ‘ ’ man' ’ she 's certainly interested in , ’ he said meaningfully , tapping himself on the chest . |
| 16 | He touched himself on the chest . |
| 17 | Whereas I — ’ he sighed theatrically and smote himself on the chest — ‘ am Arab . ’ |
| 18 | After starting out with a Honda VF500 in ‘ 84 , Bradl made it to factory rider in just four and a half years , making a name for himself on the way as a man bursting with aggression . |
| 19 | The story has it that young de Malleray , a second-lieutenant in the same regiment , having heard the first news but not the sequel , was himself on the way up to the line that evening , and encountered his father 's Colonel . |
| 20 | He realised that it had been a while now since he had put himself on the lookout for Medjays shadowing him . |
| 21 | Thereafter the truly experienced Phillips-watcher will know that he is to be found in the corner of the studio conducting a vehement argument with himself on the subject of whatever he just did n't tell you , and will shortly be sending an assistant back to pick up his hat . |
| 22 | In a way he has moulded himself on the likeness of Ben Hogan . |
| 23 | He felt himself on the edge of hysterical laughter and fought to gain control . |
| 24 | Max Gate , the house Hardy designed for himself on the edge of town , is stranded behind a new roundabout and it is difficult now to imagine him setting out from there to ride along the lanes with Kipling or H. G. Wells . |
| 25 | ‘ Indeed , ’ said Cowley , seating himself on the edge of the desk . |
| 26 | He reached out and turned the lamp so that it shone onto her face , seating himself on the edge of the desk so that he could study her . |
| 27 | Wycliffe perched himself on the edge of the table . |
| 28 | ‘ That Olivera office opposite , ’ said Greg , coming up to her desk , sitting himself on the edge of it , and kissing her twice — ‘ what sort of place is it ? ’ |
| 29 | Benedict laid his burden gently on the bed , and sat down himself on the edge of it . |
| 30 | He perched himself on the edge of the gunwale and took the two ends of the rope in his hands . |