Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patrick flung himself on the mattress which Sarah was to use , and jumped up and down on his knees , full of boyish energy . |
| 2 | Trent seated himself on the taffrail . |
| 3 | Hauser prided himself on his ability to manipulate human beings . |
| 4 | Sergeant Henley prided herself on her power to prise out information by a mixture of persuasion and light bullying like the icing on a cake , and although this had never worked particularly well with Roxie in the past , this was no reason not to try it now . |
| 5 | So Bobby found himself on the carpet — on the silk dressing gown — and on Rachel ! |
| 6 | Edrich and Close soon went , and on two occasions Roberts found himself on a hat-trick ; the second time , Selvey edged to Greenidge at slip — and he dropped morning was fine and only one more run was added . |
| 7 | Richard threw himself on the floor screaming ! |
| 8 | Jagatan raised himself on one elbow , and Burun guessed that he had been drinking for most of the afternoon . |
| 9 | As soon as the meal was over Didi excused herself on the grounds of a headache , leaving behind her an uneasy silence . |
| 10 | She wept and wept ; then Johnny propped himself on his elbow and began to stroke her arm with his free hand . |
| 11 | Determined to write herself out of her poverty , Buchi Emecheta launched herself on the book world with an autobiographical account of life in London for a young Nigerian single parent . |
| 12 | Connie parked herself on a white divan and poured out some black steaming liquid . |
| 13 | Haile Selassie seated himself on a crimson throne , and shortly afterwards the Empress took her place on a smaller throne . |
| 14 | Thus Jeffrey found himself on the Island of Sombrero in the Leeward group . |
| 15 | Ruth found herself on her knees , sand rasping between her fingers . |
| 16 | ITV 's Crime Monthly star Paul Ross found himself on the wrong side of the law after hitting a cyclist as he drove his car on a roundabout near London 's Waterloo station , a Westminster court heard . |
| 17 | He [ Chang ] said that the fact Korea found itself on the other side of that line as defined in Acheson 's address , combined with the House action yesterday , appeared to raise the serious question as to whether the United States might now be considered as having abandoned Korea . |
| 18 | Gerard threw himself on the floor . |
| 19 | Indeed he seemed to have to keep rushing off to have a word with this person and that ; Helen found herself on her own a good deal of the time , glimpsing him across the room in spirited conversation . |
| 20 | Denmark is their other northern commitment , and it is there that 2 RRP found itself on 30 June 1989 . |
| 21 | Later , Taheb raised herself on one elbow and let her hand slide along his thigh . |
| 22 | Klein prided himself on being a loyal subject who had served his adopted country with honour . |
| 23 | Auguste prided himself on his immaculate memory for all matters concerning meals for which he was responsible . |
| 24 | Anna prided herself on setting a good table ; now , in wartime London , she put her mind to it : great lasagne pies , Virginia ham , as well as all the best fish , game and vegetables her friends in the country sent her . |
| 25 | In Orphée ( 1950 ) , Cocteau prided himself on using mechanical effects rather than optical trickery for such magical moments as when the characters pass through the mirror to the world of the dead . |
| 26 | In 1653 John Lilburne found himself on trial a second time . |
| 27 | McLeish found himself on the verge of suggesting that a thoroughly unpleasant time in a New York jail might succeed in curing Tristram where all other methods , including exhortation , loving family support and a spell in a comfortable private hospital in Devon , had failed . |
| 28 | As the final chimes faded , Daniel raised himself on one elbow and started to outline with his finger the pattern of reflected leaves that decorated Elisabeth 's body . |
| 29 | Rose raised herself on one elbow and addressed the darkness in a fierce whisper . |
| 30 | In Kazakhstan the CP dissolved itself on Aug. 28 to create an organization uniting progressive forces . |