Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pn reflx] [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , Picasso obviously had a more forceful and dynamic personality than Braque , and this had impressed itself strongly on influential critics such as Apollinaire , Salmon and Vauxcelles , with whom he was more friendly than was Braque . |
| 2 | Peel quotes evidence that the raging streamfloods and sheetfloods mentioned above are the exceptions that have impressed themselves strongly on the mind of chance , lucky observers . |
| 3 | Rufus had propped himself up on one elbow , watching . |
| 4 | Pravda , the official Soviet newspaper , has positioned itself unambiguously on the side of the East German government 's authority . |
| 5 | In effect , there was no apparatus , military or political , whereby Rome could have imposed herself forcibly on Ireland . |
| 6 | Probably , she concluded , it had just washed itself along on a tide of alcohol and that uneasy mixture of salaciousness and sanctimoniousness which characterises these melancholy occasions . |
| 7 | I had got myself down on the floor of the Superdome Convention Hall to make a video . |
| 8 | He had settled himself comfortably on the floor , to the astonished glances of some guests , her beautiful skirts rustling as he leant against them . |
| 9 | Denis did n't remember what happened to the bowler hat after the old man had laboured to haul himself up into the cart and , in response to a wave of the gun , had carefully stretched himself out on its messy floor . |
| 10 | Sir Hector explained that the French representatives had found themselves out on a limb when they called for an increase in import charges . |
| 11 | His 123 came out of 165 off 162 deliveries in 211 minutes ; a few months earlier in Australia he had run himself out on 99 in his desperation to reach the magic figure , but one would never have guessed it from the effortless way he swept there now . |
| 12 | Not only has he exerted himself tirelessly on teh College 's behalf but he has flung himself with similar enthusiasm into fundraising for the Prince 's Trust and for the Leigh City Technology School in Kent . |
| 13 | His injury is now completely cured and , after an early season rocket from Loftus Road manager Gerry Francis , he has put himself back on the trail to match last term 's 24-goal haul . |
| 14 | At the same time , it was not to be supposed that William Joyce had put himself entirely on the wrong side of the law . |
| 15 | It was typical of everything Louise was that she should have thrown herself away on that dreadful Randall . |
| 16 | ‘ Idolo , my hero , I am 'ere ! ’ yelled a busty blonde through cupped hands , earning herself a wave from Juan and dirty looks from both Sharon and Mrs Juan , who had stationed themselves grimly on the halfway line , surrounded by supporters . |
| 17 | The dreaming spires had etched themselves deeply on my imagination . |
| 18 | Catherine Destivelle has established herself firmly on the big mountains scene again with her incredibly bold and gutsy free ascent of the Bonatti Pillar solo . |