Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] down on " in BNC.
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1 | As the ethereal strains of Ravel stole through the room , Penry let himself down on the sofa , eyes closed . |
2 | Back in his room , he carefully laid himself down on the bed . |
3 | He flung himself down on my bed , trying it out in different positions . |
4 | Then he flung himself down on the settee . |
5 | And he flung himself down on his bed , his hands over his ears . |
6 | He sighed and flung himself down on the chair . |
7 | He plopped himself down on the nearest chair . |
8 | He threw himself down on the bed with his head on my stomach , groaning , and between the groans saying that he would be a good husband in future , he honestly would , he adored me , he was very ashamed and only hoped I could forgive him . |
9 | Suddenly he threw himself down on the ground and rolled over and over in the dust . |
10 | Tavalouze marched forward and gracelessly threw himself down on the cushions . |
11 | He threw himself down on the huge old bed and stared at the sloping timber ceiling . |
12 | She threw herself down on the sofa , and slept . |
13 | She threw herself down on the bed and started crying wildly . |
14 | When she threw herself down on the grass , he had expected Underwood to take advantage of the situation , but he sat upright and apart . |
15 | She scuffed through the gap in the chalk circle and threw herself down on the sacks . |
16 | She peeled off her wrap , threw herself down on the bunk and gloomily contemplated the future . |
17 | ‘ Some charm , ’ she muttered as she threw herself down on the bed . |
18 | They threw themselves down on the street or took shelter behind cars and in doorways . |
19 | Breathlessly she flung herself down on the window seat . |
20 | Dolly limped to the bed and flung herself down on it , stifling hysteria . |
21 | Then suddenly she flung herself down on the bed and closed her eyes . |
22 | Felicity flung herself down on the sacrificial stone , opening wide her legs , arching her back , so that her pudendum rose in the air like some nocturnal flower . |
23 | She flung herself down on her bunk , burying her face in the pillow . |
24 | He left , and Fran flung herself down on the bed , pummelling the pillow with her fists in a sudden explosion of temper . |
25 | Big Momma settled herself down on the ceiling of the bathroom in number 31 , St George 's Road , Solihull , Birmingham , England . |
26 | Hilda Machin settled herself down on the chair , smiling happily and looking guilelessly at Mr Kronweiser who , if the truth were known , amused her very much . |
27 | She spread them out , then settled herself down on the sleeping-bag beside the fire to comb her hair dry . |
28 | He grunted by way of greeting as the fat widow dumped herself down on the other chair , but did not raise his eyes from his reading . |
29 | She dumped herself down on the low stone wall that skirted the churchyard . |
30 | Exhausted front seven hours of nonstop toil , the brothers flung themselves down on the red soil in the shade along with the other fifteen hundred coolies of the plantation and lay like dead men . |