Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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1 | I flung myself down on the grass in the sunshine and stared up at the blue . |
2 | I threw myself back on the bed with a laugh . |
3 | Tell you how I brought myself up on Wells , Huxley and Shaw ; how I prefer George Eliot and even Thackeray to Dickens ; how I like Orwell , Hardy and Housman , and dislike the Auden-Spender-Isherwood crew ( preaching socialism as a sideshoot of homosexual law reform ) ; how I 'm saving Virginia Woolf for when I 'm dead . |
4 | I propped myself up on my elbow and looked at him . |
5 | I howl , and I throw myself down on the floor . |
6 | ‘ No , I held myself back on this one ! ’ |
7 | Breathlessly she flung herself down on the window seat . |
8 | Then suddenly she flung herself down on the bed and closed her eyes . |
9 | She flung herself down on her bunk , burying her face in the pillow . |
10 | She levered herself up on an elbow , gazing down at his handsome , tanned face . |
11 | In answer she lifted herself up on tiptoe and leaned against his tall , firm frame . |
12 | She lifted herself up on one elbow and looked down at his , at his face drawn with sorrow and the love that would sacrifice itself for her selfishness — and so needlessly . |
13 | She threw herself down on the sofa , and slept . |
14 | She threw herself down on the bed and started crying wildly . |
15 | When she threw herself down on the grass , he had expected Underwood to take advantage of the situation , but he sat upright and apart . |
16 | ‘ Some charm , ’ she muttered as she threw herself down on the bed . |
17 | Her voice ended in a shrill scream , as she threw herself back on the table and flung open her legs . |
18 | ‘ He is small of stature and , like a small fellow who throws himself around on the rugby field , he brings out his natural aggression through falling off things and doing stunts . |
19 | She dumped herself down on the low stone wall that skirted the churchyard . |
20 | She pulled herself up on her walking-frame and shuffled off , pushing it in front of her , towards the kitchen . |
21 | She pulled herself up on the bed and , kneeling in such a way that George could see her breasts to their best advantage , took his phallus into her mouth . |
22 | Beside myself with frustration , I eventually masturbate , dreaming of old lovers who wore themselves out on me . |
23 | She propped herself up on one elbow . |
24 | He passed a mug to her and she propped herself up on the pillows to accept it . |
25 | She propped herself up on one elbow and looked down at his face in the starlight , her mind tangling on the mental arithmetic . |
26 | She stretched herself out on the sofa , bought in a fit of extravagance from Harrods five years before , admiring the sumptuous material . |
27 | She pushed herself up on one elbow and , a strong arm behind her back , he helped her into a sitting position . |
28 | She pushed herself up on one elbow and said impishly , ‘ The bread smells wonderful . ’ |
29 | Yet , as we turned off the Buxton Road into Ashford-in-the-Water , we found ourselves back on schedule and completely relaxed . |
30 | Yet , as we turned off the Buxton Road and into Ashford-in-the-Water , we found ourselves back on schedule and completely relaxed . |