Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patrick flung himself on the mattress which Sarah was to use , and jumped up and down on his knees , full of boyish energy . |
| 2 | Trent seated himself on the taffrail . |
| 3 | A twenty-five-foot wave flung itself at the canoe from an unexpected angle and before the crew could turn to absorb the blow , the Hokule'a rose up the face of the wave at forty-five degrees , and was capsized as it flew off the peak . |
| 4 | All these meetings concerned themselves with the Spanish question . |
| 5 | ‘ There would need to be an awful lot of call-offs before the five players untried at this level found themselves on the field at the same time , though , ’ said the coach . |
| 6 | In war , more common as the Dukes of Normandy used their English kingship to press their rather doubtful claims to the French throne , Sussex found itself in the front line , convenient both for intended invasions and retaliatory expeditions by licensed French pirates . |
| 7 | The barman reinstalled himself behind the jump and enquired after my pleasure . |
| 8 | Child labour recommended themselves to the early factory masters not only because it was cheap but also because it avoided dependence on adult labour whose traditional work habits were too deeply ingrained . |
| 9 | Anxiously , they waited as Delaney 's black figure lowered itself into the fog , and was lost , bit by bit , from view , suggesting a primordial creature descending into a tropical , mist-covered swamp . |
| 10 | Volkswagen , which is the largest European car producer , has in recent months aligned itself behind the car protectionist lobby because , heavily dependent on high cost German labour , it is aware that it will have difficulties in beating off Japanese cars when they are imported without quotas into Europe . |
| 11 | The mathematician propelled himself towards the prone figure some yards away . |
| 12 | Nietzsche was not present , but whereas the premiere of Tristan in 1865 had not prompted any discernible reaction in him , on this occasion he took a much livelier interest and during the following months familiarized himself with the work through the score . |
| 13 | Seeing the ice hold beneath their weight , the last of the Russian rearguard flung themselves upon the lake in thousands . |
| 14 | Bernice lowered herself into the hole . |
| 15 | Protestantism concerned itself with the inscription of dogma , attention to the text , was more emphatically scriptural . |
| 16 | Since the literary works to which Ken devoted himself in the long years which followed his brief episcopate were largely unremarkable and unread , the waste of his inspired and inspiring vocation as a bishop has appeared both to contemporary and subsequent critics exasperating ; for his scruples about swearing the oath of allegiance to William and Mary were so nearly overcome by his friends that he asked them not to continue their arguments lest he succumb . |
| 17 | So Bobby found himself on the carpet — on the silk dressing gown — and on Rachel ! |
| 18 | On the set , Dustin cast himself as the sensible person , whereas Mia was busy ‘ talking to the spirit of Mozart ’ , perhaps under the influence of André Previn ( still married to Dory Previn ) , the conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra , with whom she had recently fallen in love . |
| 19 | A significant minority of our survey subjects referred themselves to the GP , drugs counsellor , and so on . |
| 20 | Sorrel excelled herself with the meal , although her father never mentioned it . |
| 21 | Frankie backed away as the animal 's snarling head and powerful front legs hooked themselves over the top of the gate and her back legs struggled for a foot-hold on the curves of wrought iron . |
| 22 | So Dustin found himself in the odd position of acting in English , while all around him the cast spoke Italian . |
| 23 | One hundred and twenty years after Nehemiah and Pericles Greeks and Jews found themselves under the control of Alexander the Great — a Greek-speaking Macedonian who considered himself the heir of the Persian kings . |
| 24 | Rex drew himself to the business in hand . |
| 25 | While Cleo and Dauntless tried to arrange themselves comfortably upon the sacking — which smelled malodorous in the extreme , as if the dogs had been using it as a toilet Apanage busied herself with the ghost-bagging equipment . |
| 26 | Linda buried herself in the crowd , exchanging words with this one and that and heading for the bar . |
| 27 | Certainly , as his mind prepared itself for the acceptance of the |
| 28 | While Mary Ann busied herself in the kitchen , and the uncommunicative Emily disappeared , he took in his surroundings . |
| 29 | After Gloria had gone , lying in her cot with nothing to do , nothing to look at , Dot told herself about the hens laying in the country . |
| 30 | Jotan raced off into the darkness , and Alexei , Jehana and Arkhina busied themselves around the cart , inventive in the face of necessity . |