Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | With still hours to go before the match we had another little walk about , somehow we found ourselves on Park Lane . |
| 2 | Soapy walked away from Broadway and soon he found himself on Sixth Avenue . |
| 3 | As we grow up we model ourselves on our parents , identifying with them and imitating them . |
| 4 | They were speaking in favour of it , now here he comes along er and er we we 're I I find myself , regrettable I think because er er his er a minister very well informed in these areas with er who made in those committees a very powerful and effective contribution , now we find ourselves on the er opposite side but I have to say now that we are on opposite side that what is introducing today er is really er too little er and far too er too too late . |
| 5 | Yes Chairer , why do n't we pat ourselves on our , on the back about this it would it be useful i in in the the report , a further report that 's gon na come forward if there could be some indication as to actual format that was adopted when a person goes to one of his welfare panels , cos I 've been to three and there does n't seem to be any consistency whatsoever in the way that things occur or whatever ! |
| 6 | Then she seated herself on the edge of the bed and , breathing deeply , raised the phone up to her ear . |
| 7 | And on a good night the stars would seem to brighten ; if you looked up it was like a clear winter 's night in the city , one of those nights when you find yourself on a dark street , one without streetlamps , and for once you can see that the stars have different colours ; they are like still fireworks . |
| 8 | This is often closely related to where we see ourselves on the spectrum of social class . |
| 9 | I can not condone violence outside of the Oliver Reed Cellar Bar at the Duck and Forceps , certainly not here at ‘ The Tip ’ where we pride ourselves on our family atmosphere . |
| 10 | Hastily he dried himself on the thin towel and clambered into clothes that stuck to every inch of his damp body . |
| 11 | She used the buses and wherever she found herself on the last bus at night , whether at her own home or at her son 's , she would stay for the night only to set off again early the following morning . |