Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had bestowed myself on Nour , and from now on he could do with me as he would . |
| 2 | She tried to find herself on the map , but the printed boulevards and blocks writhed whenever she looked up at the street , making new patterns . |
| 3 | She 'd found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of teasing about her impromptu topless dip in the sea and her valiant rescuer , and she 'd fenced it as calmly as she could . |
| 4 | From observing Star Eye , he thought she 'd modelled herself on Cabochon : she even sat like him and had started scraping her hair back into a ponytail , even though it was n't really long enough yet . |
| 5 | She started to tap herself on the forehead . |
| 6 | Then she peered at him over the barrier of her firmly folded arms and expressed a thought that had occurred to her before , but that now she felt impress itself on her even more strongly . |
| 7 | But her wounds had begun to heal and yesterday she had felt herself on the verge of a promising beginning — an uphill struggle , perhaps , but a definite move towards new happiness . |
| 8 | From the age of 22 she had cut herself on many occasions . |
| 9 | She had introduced herself on the doorstep , often been invited in and asked the tenants to let her know if they had any problems with which she could help . |
| 10 | Of whom there were more than a few I would imagine , thinking of how she had thrown herself on the poor defenceless Marcus . |
| 11 | Sarge — his real name was Paul Sargeant — was an Australian who had modelled himself on John Belushi and disapproved of good language ( he once took me to task for using the word ‘ carouse ’ ) . |
| 12 | He found it hard to remember whether you had to position yourself on the left or the right side . |
| 13 | True , there were packets of walnut bits too , but they failed to impress themselves on me . |
| 14 | And it was hot , the humidity very high with a miasma hanging over the buildings as though the clouds were so heavy with moisture they needed to rest themselves on terra firma . |
| 15 | When they did bestir themselves on rare occasions , as in 1917 , but more slowly than any other group , they could read plainly Christian meanings into Bolshevik slogans such as ‘ universal peace ’ and ‘ if any would not work , neither should he eat ’ . |
| 16 | Some passages stood out in his mind with almost photographic clarity , presumably because they had impressed themselves on his mind earlier . |
| 17 | His car was still outside ; it was the open-top Volkswagen Beetle he 'd bought himself on that first day straight from the showroom window . |
| 18 | He needed to support himself on the bannister . |
| 19 | But he wanted to assure them of a more overpowering reason : he needed to re-establish himself on his home ground as firmly and quickly as possible in order to launch himself on Mary . |
| 20 | a very able man in business matters , but unfortunately lame ; he had to support himself on a crutch , in addition to which the dark glasses he wore to hide some defect in his eyes , did not improve his appearance ; altogether it always struck me that the prominence of position he seemed to claim was undesirable . |
| 21 | Francisco worked in Admin , but occasionally he doubled as a barman , and he did n't have to explain that he had cut himself on a broken glass . |
| 22 | When , once , he had thought himself on the brink of an alliance for which he yearned , he was suddenly and shatteringly rejected . |
| 23 | He had discharged himself on May 30 , borrowed some money from a friend and headed off to East Anglia . |
| 24 | He realised that it had been a while now since he had put himself on the lookout for Medjays shadowing him . |
| 25 | But there is a wisp of evidence that he considered embarking himself on a fast unto death to bring peace to India . |