Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Masklin swung backwards and forwards , trying to pull himself up the rough cloth . |
| 2 | So after a brief twelve months in existence , ACE has paddled itself up the Swanee , its dream of emulating the success of the personal computer revolution now just a pipe-dream . |
| 3 | She left him to pull herself up the bannisters to bed , thinking back to the inordinately exciting first summer when Comfort and Anthony had rented their house outside Oxford and she had fallen in love . |
| 4 | I ONCE mentioned to a local farmer that my grandfather had been born in the little fishing village of Staxigoe , to the north of Wick in Caithness , and he quickly warned me not to go about repeating the story , because of the supposedly dubious reputation the natives of Staxigoe have earned themselves down the ages . |
| 5 | He flung himself down the marble stairs , and out through the front doors of the school . |
| 6 | When she 'd finished she got her bag and anorak , checking that she had enough in her purse for bus fare , and let herself out the kitchen door . |
| 7 | However , the only disaster occurred inside the Tower , where the duty staff dived to the floor when it looked as if the port wing was going to come through the window and a bottle of red ink emptied itself down the right sleeve of Flt Lt Dunlop , the Officer in Charge . |
| 8 | Then , without another word , he hauled himself up the ladder , leaving her wide-eyed , speechless , and so confused that she wanted to scream . |
| 9 | ‘ In theory , I suppose , the nearest piece of fruit could have been doctored , but I do n't see myself how the murderer could have been sure the victim would have picked it . ’ |
| 10 | He had a sudden vision of families in endless reproduction — Willmots and Stannards and the rest replicating themselves down the years , perfecting their most infamous capacities . |
| 11 | Organisations may also be made up of different groups and professions and when these groups seek to assert themselves then the organisation may well be characterised by competition between groups . |
| 12 | The corporal and the airmen first put on some trousers and literally threw themselves down the brae to meet the girls . |
| 13 | With hindsight , it 's clear that I was too single-minded about racing , too immersed , and that if I 'd paced myself better the joy would have lasted much longer . ’ |
| 14 | Dived , pulling myself down the wire . |
| 15 | Ian shook himself free from his bunk , pulled on his flannels and swung himself up the companionway and on to the deck . |
| 16 | He gave a brief nod , and swung himself down the companionway . |
| 17 | You know not the innocence you abuse so freely Would to God that instead of a woman and my sister , any man breathing had dared to give himself half the airs you have done . |
| 18 | For Hayek , law consists of rules of just conduct ; that is , of ‘ purpose-independent rules which govern the conduct of individuals towards each other , are intended to apply to an unknown number of further instances and , by defining a protected domain of each , enable an order of actions to form itself wherein the individuals can make feasible plans ’ Hayek suggests that law is coeval with society . |
| 19 | Calling itself both the Rwandan Patriotic Front ( RPF ) and Ikontanyi , the rebel force consisted of several thousand Rwandan refugees based in Uganda , led by Maj.-Gen. |
| 20 | At the first of the smaller channels she turned and began to ease herself down the shallow bank , grunting , her face set against the pain she was causing herself . |
| 21 | She was calling herself all the names under the sun , but it made no difference . |
| 22 | It is to an examination of this perspective that we now turn , but it is worthwhile to start by asking ourselves why the situation is regarded as a problem rather than a potential ? |
| 23 | We called ourselves proudly the extremists , the vanguard , but it was n't until we read the American CLIT papers in 1973 that we knew we had a name other than men-haters . |
| 24 | Masklin pulled himself up the wire and on to the table , feeling very exposed . |
| 25 | ‘ As a man thinks — so he is ’ — a statement that has proved itself down the years . |
| 26 | With a final gesture she put the key on the sill of the narrow window and pulled herself up the stone steps . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , she 's certainly not drivin' herself all the way down through Chile to Punta Arenas . |
| 28 | I kept asking myself how the photographers had arrived there at this particular track . |
| 29 | I pulled myself up the safety line and made my way past the tangle of tethers up to the surface , where the boat tender was frantically pulling in all the lines . |
| 30 | She ran down the gangplank and watched as the dog heaved himself up the bank , dragging his burden . |