Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pn reflx] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 400e ) , they identified themselves with the state , or put themselves on a level with it : they did not openly claim to rule it . |
| 2 | He could win his place back or put himself on the market . ’ |
| 3 | But however unpleasant monsoonal conditions can on occasion be , they are as nothing compared with the fearsome storms that hurl themselves on the Pacific with terrible regularity . |
| 4 | There are not many harsher disappointments in county cricket than finding yourself on the outside looking in , as was the case with another Robinson — Phil — at the start of this season following his acrimonious departure from Yorkshire . |
| 5 | Too easily we stand still and pat ourselves on the back ; before long we are losing ground . |
| 6 | Victoria came up the room and seated herself on the couch , and without either greeting or preamble , she said , ‘ I 've had indigestion ever since Christmas Day . |
| 7 | In some minutes the short hairs on the disc of the leaf began to bend , then the long hairs , and laid themselves on the insect . |
| 8 | They jerk from side to side and rub themselves on the plants , but there is no redness or inflammation of the gills . |
| 9 | ‘ It tripped on the rein and lamed itself on a tree-root , ’ said Crane . |
| 10 | She ran past him , and flung herself on the door , fumbling with the catch . |
| 11 | Finally I decided to decline politely and throw myself on the mercy of an acquaintance instead . ’ |
| 12 | For a craven moment she was tempted to go back and throw herself on the mercy of the landlady . |
| 13 | So as I say I think it 'll , I think it 'll , it 'll run okay and behave itself on the assumption you can get some people to fill it in so er |
| 14 | There he made a clean sweep with the past by changing his surname from Kaye to Kasmin and launching himself on a career as a poet . |
| 15 | This occurred just after I took a turning and found myself on a road curving around the edge of a hill . |
| 16 | I did a neat somersault and found myself on the bottom of the river , drowning ; fishing jacket , waders and fishing bag weighed me down . |
| 17 | Me and Sam missed our way and found ourselves on the edge of Foxton Mire . |
| 18 | She had got lost , returning to their home in Ambleside Road , Warndon , Worcester , and found herself on the M50 . |
| 19 | ’ ‘ It 's funny to think that only this morning we were trying to persuade poor old Eddy to go off and enjoy himself on a facilities trip to the Persian Gulf … |
| 20 | Simon had put Ben onto his lead so that he did n't run back down to the beach and cut himself on the rusty barbed wire . |
| 21 | No , oh yes , nick all the cards and played myself on the tune |
| 22 | Eventually Don grappled with the critical section , and with a quick windmill of arms and legs was up and establishing himself on the next stance . |
| 23 | The plaintiff slipped and injured himself on an area of floor to which sawdust had not been applied . |
| 24 | He and Mr Fletcher sat at the table and Willie took one of the mugs and perched himself on the stool in front of the range . |
| 25 | She went over and perched herself on the ottoman at his feet . |
| 26 | Lucy remonstrated , when Virginia had made them both a cup of tea and perched herself on the edge of Lucy 's bed . |
| 27 | Shots slammed into the walls inside the courtyard where the civilians cried and threw themselves on the ground . |
| 28 | She went into another room and threw herself on a bed . |
| 29 | She raced upstairs to her apartment and threw herself on the bedcover , a Welsh patchwork quilt in a soft pattern of cream and pink . |
| 30 | Then she went through and threw herself on the comfortable cool silk bedcover , and lay in luxury , gazing up at the gently rotating white fan . |