Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [verb] himself on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Haile Selassie seated himself on a crimson throne , and shortly afterwards the Empress took her place on a smaller throne . |
| 2 | It was not until Ernest Bloch launched himself on the scene , with Three Jewish Poems in 1913 that ‘ Jewish music ’ per se arrived ; even then it was only half-oriental , half-western in style and colouration . |
| 3 | Gibson Keddie finds himself on the wrong end of a tongue lashing … |
| 4 | At one point Blake found himself on a main street and saw two policemen outside a baker 's shop . |
| 5 | One day Mark found himself on his knees in the chapel , eyes tight shut , praying , please God , let Sam put his cock in my mouth . |
| 6 | Very few films are about rape , although it crops up all over the place — from the narrative device launching an endless cycle of Death Wish movies , to general ’ scene-setting ’ in war movies and crime thrillers , or used with sublime insensitivity to illuminate ( male ) character : Robert De Niro raping his childhood sweetheart in Once Upon A Time In America , Bob Hoskins forcing himself on the maid in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In 1653 John Lilburne found himself on trial a second time . |
| 10 | Thomas Becket modelled himself on Anselm — in his exile , his inflexibility , his austerities . |