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 .
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