Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [art] " 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 | Like Sukova , Graf found herself down a set before snapping to attention . |
| 5 | Well have you sorted yourself out a nice hand out |
| 6 | Do you think you could spruce yourself up a little ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Is he erm bring himself down a bit to Nick 's level , cos Nick and has n't really got any position ? |
| 9 | He flung himself down the marble stairs , and out through the front doors of the school . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Well , they give , I , I do n't know , it 's the way they feel when you put them on , they sort of hold themselves up a bit better and |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Then it will wing itself up a bit and fall on to me . |
| 14 | I know it is , it 's not exactly doing a lot for me either but er cos it gets raised every bloody management meeting but I think having discussed the matter we 've actually opened ourselves out a few more options than we probably thought we had |
| 15 | The plot was two corpses gone before we caught sight of ourselves , stripped naked in the middle of nowhere and pouring ourselves down a bottomless well . |
| 16 | Then , without another word , he hauled himself up the ladder , leaving her wide-eyed , speechless , and so confused that she wanted to scream . |
| 17 | She got up from the table and poured herself out a glass of water , and then sat down again . |
| 18 | When she had gone , Sarah poured herself out a large mug of thick black tea . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The corporal and the airmen first put on some trousers and literally threw themselves down the brae to meet the girls . |
| 21 | Dived , pulling myself down the wire . |
| 22 | Ian shook himself free from his bunk , pulled on his flannels and swung himself up the companionway and on to the deck . |
| 23 | He gave a brief nod , and swung himself down the companionway . |
| 24 | His resolve had been to give himself up every evening to a period of deep meditation . |
| 25 | ‘ We do deep breathing exercises instead , ’ said Otley , throwing out his chest to expand his lungs , his paunch moving itself up a notch . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Lou seemed to think she 'd have dolled herself up a bit before he came . |
| 28 | Masklin pulled himself up the wire and on to the table , feeling very exposed . |
| 29 | Aenarion carved himself out a new kingdom in northern Ulthuan , in the bleak land of Nagarythe , a place that mirrored his own dismal mood . |
| 30 | Anyway he is 24 , is a good ball winner and throws himself around a bit . |