Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Wrexham grandfather had been an active Gladstonian Liberal , and concerned himself with the temperance movement and local government . |
| 2 | A programme of national assessment began in May 1978 and concerned itself with the standard achieved by 11 year olds . |
| 3 | ‘ Piano , Aaron , piano ! ’ she called , and her middle stepson , with his mobile thin white clown 's face , emerged from the crowd and seated himself at the instrument , as Liz called to Deirdre and the butlers to fill glasses and then join the guests for a toast : Jonathan turned on the radio , the eagle-crowned clock over the marble mantelshelf struck , some joined hands and some did not , Aaron struck up Auld Lang Syne , Big Ben struck , some sang and some did not , voices rose straggling , pure and impure , strong and weak , tuneful and tuneless , there were cries and embraces . |
| 4 | He laid the picture down and seated himself before the table . |
| 5 | Victoria came up the room and seated herself on the couch , and without either greeting or preamble , she said , ‘ I 've had indigestion ever since Christmas Day . |
| 6 | In some minutes the short hairs on the disc of the leaf began to bend , then the long hairs , and laid themselves on the insect . |
| 7 | ‘ Sunday , then , ’ she said , and damned herself for the note of desperation in her voice . |
| 8 | They parked the vehicles and camouflaged themselves for the night , before settling down to cook . |
| 9 | I gave Becky to them and lowered myself into the water . |
| 10 | But she did not answer him , only bent and lowered herself into the water , hissing as the coldness burned into the wound , a faint moan escaping through her gritted teeth as she began to wash . |
| 11 | But with the accession of Herod , Eisenman argues , most Sadducees — the Sadducees whom we know as such from biblical sources and from Josephus — betrayed their original loyalties and aligned themselves with the usurper . |
| 12 | And that curtain went from the window right across the room and pinned itself into the piano , pinned the curtains into the piano . |
| 13 | I was spitting with fear and frustration as I yanked on some clothes and flung myself into the control area . |
| 14 | He summoned all the archbishops and bishops who were with him in Sicily and flung himself to the ground at their feet . |
| 15 | Sweating with fear , Lepine dashed along the verandah and flung himself behind the wheel of the Citron . |
| 16 | Pickets broke through the police lines and flung themselves into the road in an attempt to stop the vehicles . |
| 17 | She ran past him , and flung herself on the door , fumbling with the catch . |
| 18 | Robyn swore and flung herself at the stove , trying to scrape what was left of the bacon away from the bottom of the pan . |
| 19 | When such a man came down from Olympus and applied himself to the problems of Africa , his voice was heard . |
| 20 | Her stepsister settled in England , conformed outwardly , and applied herself to the advancement of her plump , dull son . |
| 21 | I did a neat somersault and found myself on the bottom of the river , drowning ; fishing jacket , waders and fishing bag weighed me down . |
| 22 | I turned over … and found myself at the top of page three . |
| 23 | I walked round the walled field and found myself at the edge of a tinkers ' camp . |
| 24 | Once I forgot to take a flashlight with me when visiting a friend , and found myself outside the house in pitch blackness , unable even to find the edge of the pavement or the garden hedge . |
| 25 | I went on , confident of my compass , but becoming less so , and found myself in the middle of a disused airfield , among landing markers , gutted buildings and a wrecked radar scanner . |
| 26 | As a Ballyclare supporter I was not sure which fans to join in the final but thankfully I went to the South stand and found myself in the middle of the most friendly people I have ever met in my whole life . |
| 27 | That was a bit of a shock , cos I was dreaming about summat about a train and Marie going away , and then suddenly I came to and found myself in the station . |
| 28 | I did my best to oppose er , these new er , schemes and found myself in the majority of one quite often . |
| 29 | The next he had been jerked fully awake and found himself at the centre of a circle of strange , hostile creatures , the like of which he had never seen in his life . |
| 30 | He turned the corner , and found himself at the front of the house , which had a mountingblock , well chalked . |