Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pn reflx] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily they 've sat themselves on opposite sides of the room . |
| 2 | No Hellenistic poet or philosopher quoted it , although modern scholars have sometimes deluded themselves on this subject . |
| 3 | Or meant to have replied , but perhaps she had not , perhaps the knowledge of later years had imposed itself on that first memory . |
| 4 | His car was still outside ; it was the open-top Volkswagen Beetle he 'd bought himself on that first day straight from the showroom window . |
| 5 | Zarathustra has certainly dosed himself on some of his own miracle rejuvenators . ’ |
| 6 | The psychoanalytical school , almost by definition has based itself on supra-historical assumptions which have been almost valueless in detailed analyses . |
| 7 | and after you 've gorged yourself on all the fun and nightlife that Benitses has to offer , you can turn in for the night and leave it all behind . |
| 8 | So I 've never based myself on any of that , because it 's really just a myth , ’ says Neneh . |
| 9 | And it 's proved itself on many expeditions — you could live in it for weeks . |
| 10 | The North Face Ve 25 is a mountain tent which has proved itself on many expeditions |
| 11 | After five years in operation , Channel Four has proved itself on both counts . |
| 12 | From the age of 22 she had cut herself on many occasions . |
| 13 | She , who had always prided herself on total moral and material independence . |
| 14 | Those who think that Jenny herself is a little dull at times might conclude that Patrick has impaled himself on that point , like one of those Romans whose language he used to teach . |