Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] [pn reflx] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the night of the school disco and a group of parents were standing in the corner as the kids enjoyed themselves on the dance floor . |
| 2 | Enough of the worms find themselves on the tight-fitting lid so that when I open the bucket I merely have to lower the lid into my aquarium to feed the fish . |
| 3 | The crucial power was torn from the hands of the proletariat , and within months the Bolsheviks found themselves on the other side of the barricades . |
| 4 | When their big friends get stuck into close combat the Snotlings throw themselves on the enemy , screaming and yelling crazily , waving their wooden clubs and biting the foes with their sharp teeth . |
| 5 | The twins perched themselves on the bed , Zach sat on the chair by the desk and George and Willie sat cross-legged with their backs leaning against the bookcase . |