Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellen and I worked hard that week and , on the Saturday , as though to commiserate with ourselves on this being our last day alone together , we stopped work at midday and took a bus to Mama Sipcott 's Café on the beach where we ate lobster and drank too much of Mama 's sticky-sweet white wine . |
| 2 | ‘ I will escort you up the first flight of stairs , but I shall observe the proprieties by leaving you to look after yourself on the second landing . ’ |
| 3 | She loved to walk by herself on the wild lonely moors , with her dog Keeper running by her side . |
| 4 | As he was about to sit down himself on the cross-seat , Joshua caught his arm . |
| 5 | The United Kingdom 's right to decide for itself on the merits of a single currency is not an important factor in investment decisions . |
| 6 | Each young gentleman was provided with his own chamber-pot , which he was expected to empty for himself on the common midden , situated behind the houses . |