Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] on one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rufus had propped himself up on one elbow , watching . |
| 2 | Betrayed by that shit Sarah Walker who was once his landlord 's daughter , plunged into crippling debt , mocked by polite society and dinner-table assassins , tortured by a cancer of the stomach , he could still prop himself up on one elbow in a room as shabby as this one and say exultantly ‘ Well , I 've had a happy life ! ’ |
| 3 | She lifted herself up on one elbow and looked down at his , at his face drawn with sorrow and the love that would sacrifice itself for her selfishness — and so needlessly . |
| 4 | Gazzer , a strange , urgent little figure , hurrying among them with a bloodstained rag round his right hand , dressed in filthy black trousers and a black anorak , made one or two people shield their eyes against the sun and , with lazy curiosity , prop themselves up on one elbow to follow his progress through the gardens . |
| 5 | The cigarette glowed again in the dark , and he hitched himself up on one elbow and ground it out on the earth . |
| 6 | At last , Rourke moved , propping himself up on one elbow so that he could gaze down at her . |
| 7 | Harry propped himself up on one elbow and pulled open the top drawer of the bedside cabinet . |
| 8 | She squatted beside him , as he propped himself up on one elbow to scowl back at her . |
| 9 | She propped herself up on one elbow . |
| 10 | She propped herself up on one elbow and looked down at his face in the starlight , her mind tangling on the mental arithmetic . |
| 11 | Half a dozen guards hurtled through it , spread out and flung themselves down on one knee . |
| 12 | As Mrs Cohen sat herself down on one of the wooden kitchen chairs , a basin between her feet , and commenced with some savagery to pluck the feathers from the hen 's carcass , Judith made no comment . |
| 13 | She pushed herself up on one elbow and , a strong arm behind her back , he helped her into a sitting position . |
| 14 | She pushed herself up on one elbow and said impishly , ‘ The bread smells wonderful . ’ |