Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cornelius fanned at his trouser bottoms and slowly drew himself back into the vertical plane . |
| 2 | Within days Charlie had lost all the profit he had made in the past year and suddenly found himself back to square one . |
| 3 | That God 's creatures should revolt against him , and so cut themselves off from the ground of their own being , is an ‘ impossible possibility ’ which has nonetheless been actualised . |
| 4 | This ensures that , if you suddenly pull the throttle stick hard back and drop the model onto the ground very hard , the blades will still be lifting and not pushing themselves down towards the tailboom . |
| 5 | Have Fun and not to tie myself down at eighteen with |
| 6 | When the dancing had reached its climax , the whole crowd flung themselves on to the floor and further worked themselves up into what looked like a communal epileptic fit . |
| 7 | ‘ Promises ! ’ she exclaimed on a loving laugh , and thereafter put herself out to be the epitome of all she thought he would most dislike in a woman , shyly calling him darling whenever she had the chance . |
| 8 | Tavalouze marched forward and gracelessly threw himself down on the cushions . |
| 9 | Each village believes itself to be totally different from any other and often marks itself off in a variety of symbolic ways from those which surround it . |
| 10 | He went to close the windows and stepped inside the room , planning to lock them and then let himself out by Sara 's front door . |
| 11 | Jenna looked across towards the barn and then flung herself back beside him to lie watching the clouds scudding across the blue sky . |
| 12 | Here Cornelius fed the motor car with the best petrol that money could buy and then took himself up to the restaurant to join Tuppe . |
| 13 | Lydia put a mug of tea in front of her master and then took herself off to the dairy , where she and Martha unashamedly listened at the door . |
| 14 | Station Officer Alan Bridle , from Canning Place 's Green Watch , said : ‘ When we arrived I got up on to the roof and then lowered myself down into the centre . |
| 15 | I got out of bed gah ! — and then picked myself up off the floor . |
| 16 | He did a double stint of exercise until he was clammy with globules of sweat and then sluiced himself over from the two cold jugs of water Christine had brought him up after breakfast . |
| 17 | ‘ If there was anything that caught his ear , he would tell everyone to be quiet and listen , and then fling himself about to the music . |
| 18 | Before Folly could take in what was happening , Luke had crossed the room in a few strides and almost thrown himself on to the sofa . |