Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [adj] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took me all day to convince my mother that there had been a change , but by the next afternoon I found myself flat on my back in the hospital again with injunctions not to move . |
| 2 | On departure , many of the younger guests , deeming themselves insufficiently primed , were about to ‘ go on ’ somewhere , and in the end I found myself alone on the pavement with Eliot . |
| 3 | But I ate myself silly on them last night and made myself feel sick so I 'll never eat them again now . |
| 4 | P.S. I am Gabby 's biggest fan so I consider myself neutral on the Graf/Seles controversy . |
| 5 | Charlie aged eight with a stinking cancerous hip who propelled himself flat on his back on a trolley made from a pram base , flipper-hands paddling , olive , oval face — too big , all their faces were too big — grinning with flickering contempt as he wound skilfully round Stephanie 's ankles , his foul air preceding him , and behind him decay and a whiff of disinfectant . |
| 6 | Her mouth parting ardently beneath his , she began to unbutton his shirt with unsteady fingers , then slithered lower to kiss his bare brown chest , exulting in the thunder of his heart for a moment before she found herself flat on the sofa as Penry slid her jersey over her head , then dispensed with the scrap of satin beneath . |
| 7 | It was of no health benefit for dealers to have delivered fresh orange juice and cordon bleu sandwiches midday if they drank themselves blind on champagne , quality wines and designer beers in the evenings . |
| 8 | Weeping , he threw himself flat on his face at Henry 's feet and begged forgiveness . |