Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [verb] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boy was presumably present when his mother stood before a Frankish assembly " declaring her willingness to purge herself on all the charges levelled against her " — and no accuser appeared . |
| 2 | Three times in all her grandfather prostrated himself on the altar mat , then he rose slowly and stepped aside to make way for his son . |
| 3 | The owners , Signor and Signora Leoni and their son pride themselves on their high standards of personal service . |
| 4 | ‘ I have only just begun discussions with Celtic over renewing my contract and it has not got to the stage of the manager making me an offer , ’ said the player whose ability to impose himself on the opposition might be thought worthy of international recognition . |
| 5 | His mind concentrated itself on Tolby 's footsteps which were slightly uneven , as if the solicitor had a slight limp . |
| 6 | Far behind us our wake exhausted itself on the banks , and the river was still again . |