Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 A feeling of terror mounted in me , and I dragged myself to the telephone and rang Émile .
2 Frankie read his tattered old comic and I busied myself with the crocks .
3 Cantona , who flew to Paris for the top-rated chat show Sacree Soiree after his United debut in Lisbon on Tuesday , added : ‘ I am fit and I enjoyed myself in the opener against Benfica .
4 Okay , tell me , " I said , and I stiffened myself for the worst .
5 Then I get this hot feeling at the back of my head and everything goes funny and I find myself on the floor .
6 And I find myself on the pavement … crowds yelling … men surging towards the entrance , trying to get in , police with truncheons swinging — then my most terrifying experience .
7 Then , as my breath has now returned to me and I find myself in the company of my bestest friend , it is my considered opinion that we proceed together upon the epic journey and face as one whatever adventures lie before . ’
8 ‘ When I am in the car I am competing professionally and I commit myself to the job .
9 Of course Scamp gets to claim about twenty grand on some dubious insurance policy and I resign myself to the fact that I 'll never get beyond Inspector .
10 I 'm a single parent , and I blame myself for the way he is — but I feel it 's too late to get through to him now as talking or reasoning does n't work .
11 Again I accept the constant parental care has been of the highest calibre and I remind myself of the many tributes to the quality of that care in the evidence before me .
12 My friend and I settled ourselves onto the snow and uncorked a well-chilled bottle of wine in the hope of getting merry .
13 Soon my buttocks were pressing against the ceiling , then the back of my head , and I hauled myself to the edge of the rug to look for a way down before I was crushed .
14 This degree is an exciting new venture , and I see myself as the first of many lay people who will benefit from the training here ’ .
15 Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her .
16 Then the talk turned to the West and I found myself at the centre of questions .
17 The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag .
18 ‘ I suppose I took the wrong path , ’ he said , ‘ and I found myself at the edge of a cliff . ’
19 The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke .
20 The WAAF suddenly wound the chair back and I found myself in the semi-prone position with the white bulk looming over me .
21 In that sense , their political attractiveness is not likely to be as great as that of present policies which emphasize training , selecting and matching , and which address themselves to the individual qualities and characteristics of the teachers themselves .
22 And you define yourself by the words you use , in my case words that seek to present bare facts .
23 Once extended her own eye was pressed to the lens of the telescope that was herself ( was it her own eye 's lens she was looking through the wrong way ? ) and she saw herself at the other end .
24 Security said they 'd send someone over right away , and she busied herself for the next few minutes with the half-dozen patients in the waiting area .
25 But then she and husband Dave Flame went to a country and western night in cowboy outfits just for fun — and she shot herself in the leg .
26 ‘ At last Bertha managed to reach some big , sweet-smelling myrtle bushes , and she hid herself in the thickest bush .
27 They could n't avoid being seen together and she braced herself for the blast from Georg and from her parents .
28 The ravages committed by man subvert the relations and destroy the balance which nature had established between her organized and her inorganic creations ; and she avenges herself upon the intruder , by letting loose upon her defaced provinces destructive energies hitherto kept in check by organic forces destined to be his best auxiliaries , but which he has unwisely dispersed and driven from the field of action .
29 His dark eyes met hers as if he felt her surreptitious appraisal , and she found herself at the receiving end of that long , sardonic smile .
30 Here the lane ended , and she found herself by the Green , facing the tiny weather-beaten church .
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