Example sentences of "and [verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't until I heard Dennis say , ‘ I 'll just fetch up another bottle of the Hunter Valley ’ that it was borne in on me that the woman who was frenching me and bringing herself off on my belt buckle was none other than Karen Parsons , the wife of Dennis Parsons , who was currently six feet away on the other side of the dining-room door and closing rapidly . |
| 2 | John Howard Griffin made himself up to look like a negro and passed himself off as one in the southern USA for his book Black Like Me . |
| 3 | ’ Got himself into it and got himself out of it . ’ |
| 4 | Dolly limped to the bed and flung herself down on it , stifling hysteria . |
| 5 | Judy knew Brown Owl would be very cross if she saw Mandy on the other side of the fence — but she did n't have time to worry very long about that , for in a minute or two a loud , frightened scream shrilled from Mandy , who had stepped forward and bent to pick up the ball resting on the bright-green surface of the ground — and found herself up to her knees in treacherous , clinging slime . |
| 6 | The men are trying to catch mine and hook themselves on to me as ‘ guides ’ . |
| 7 | She suddenly recollected that she was now the wife of the director of a large company , and drew herself up with what she hoped was some dignity ; but she only succeeded in looking more than ever like a pouter pigeon . |
| 8 | Gingerly he reached forward , found a wall and levered himself up against it . |
| 9 | If we Christians set our own judgement or our inherited traditions above the Old and New Testament scriptures we part company with the Lord and the apostles , and cut ourselves off from our one source of knowledge of God . |
| 10 | The mountain shook for several long seconds , after which time they were delighted to see the Doctor hurtle out of the cave mouth and hurl himself down towards them . |
| 11 | Kellerman reached the porch and hauled himself up onto it , hoping that the wooden canopy would take his weight . |
| 12 | Damien flushed at the memory , and shook himself out of his reverie . |
| 13 | She was like an experienced woman , the way she moved her body and opened herself up to him . |
| 14 | ‘ I must , ’ she cried , and wrenched herself out of his hold , stepping back and holding one hand up in a pleading gesture . |
| 15 | He got down off the cart to pick a leaf from a roadside bush , and hoisting himself back into his seat resumed his journey , sucking on the leaf as he started to explain . |
| 16 | Dorcas looked at the nomes on either side of him , sighed , and eased himself up off his makeshift carrier . |
| 17 | Mrs. Pridmore refilled the teapot from the kettle on the Aga hob and eased herself back into her chair . |
| 18 | After further disagreements with Hoveyda , Zahedi left the Foreign Ministry and took himself off to his fathers house in Switzerland . |
| 19 | He bowed reluctantly , and took himself off to his post . |
| 20 | She stabbed a book with a dangerous index finger , and took herself back to her desk , to survey her class and see that no-one had taken a whiff of pot while her attention had been distracted . |
| 21 | She lumbered out of bed , reached for the too recently removed dressing-gown and took herself off to her bathroom . |
| 22 | However , a husband has no other relationship that he is told to love as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her . |
| 23 | ‘ Husbands , love your wives , just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her ’ ( 5:25 ) . |
| 24 | Be imitators of God , therefore , as dearly loved children , and live a life of love , just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God ( Eph. 4:3–5:2 ) . |
| 25 | He said that I was killing myself , getting injured and mashing myself up for nothing . |
| 26 | I managed to keep afloat then till , as I said we found this half a lifeboat and there was couple of fellows and er I managed to swim over to that and pull myself up on it and for there the inflatable off the standby boat came alongside , picked us up and put us on then standby boat . |
| 27 | It contradicts all the assumptions of secular culture — that I can gain self-knowledge and pull myself up by my own shoestrings . |
| 28 | And diagnosis is very , very important that , if you have a medical , clinical state of depression try and pull yourself out of it , by your , your own efforts and doing alternative things is not necessarily going to be effective . |
| 29 | With a neat and elegant sideways kick of her high-heeled white sandal , she closed the door behind her and sat herself down opposite me in my visitors ' chair . |