Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came and threw himself on our bed , shaking all over . |
| 2 | One trainee on a course for people looking for employment commented that seeing himself on video in a mock interview was an experience that changed his life . |
| 3 | I thought if I could get one or two put up , it 'd be a miniature Stonehenge ; call it Southmoorhenge and get ourselves on the map . |
| 4 | Tenants who refuse to accept leases are given notice to quit and find themselves on the streets after years of loyal service . |
| 5 | ‘ Some try and hang themselves on lamp-posts outside men 's houses , but I do n't know any of that sort . |
| 6 | The plaintiff slipped and injured himself on an area of floor to which sawdust had not been applied . |
| 7 | The problem solved , he smiled and congratulated himself on his devious ingenuity . |
| 8 | Shots slammed into the walls inside the courtyard where the civilians cried and threw themselves on the ground . |
| 9 | It will settle and drape itself on either side forming a natural , water-shedding thatch . |
| 10 | I , I 'm sorry to keep saying ‘ Yes ’ to everything that you 're , you 're suggesting , but yes , we are thinking about communication skills , particularly the encouraging and helping children to learn to write properly , I do n't mean calligraphy , I mean actually write and express themselves on paper , oral communication , and things of this kind are things that we do want to pay attention to . |