Example sentences of "he [verb] [pn reflx] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lowered himself on to the toilet seat and jumped down on to the floor . |
| 2 | Shaking his big head slowly he lowered himself on to the chaise-longue and sat back carefully . |
| 3 | He lowered himself on to the sofa and unzipped the top of his leather suit . |
| 4 | He lowered himself down to the bed and her hands frantically flew to his bare chest . |
| 5 | Convinced that there were practical solutions to the social evils of his day , he devoted himself particularly to the temperance movement . |
| 6 | There was no night-porter , but he had a key and he let himself in to the deserted lobby . |
| 7 | When the war was seen to be lost , after some vacillation he delivered himself up to the Scottish army at Newark . |
| 8 | Then , as much in guilty reaction to the receptionist 's parting look of disapproval as in the hope of ordering his thoughts , he took himself off to the bath . |
| 9 | Slowly he eased himself on to the side of the tub , drawing her down with him . |
| 10 | Spitting out a gobbet of blood , he dragged himself over to the window , to look down on the devastation below . |