Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pn reflx] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could win his place back or put himself on the market . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She ran past him , and flung herself on the door , fumbling with the catch . |
| 5 | I did a neat somersault and found myself on the bottom of the river , drowning ; fishing jacket , waders and fishing bag weighed me down . |
| 6 | Me and Sam missed our way and found ourselves on the edge of Foxton Mire . |
| 7 | She had got lost , returning to their home in Ambleside Road , Warndon , Worcester , and found herself on the M50 . |
| 8 | No , oh yes , nick all the cards and played myself on the tune |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She went over and perched herself on the ottoman at his feet . |
| 11 | Lucy remonstrated , when Virginia had made them both a cup of tea and perched herself on the edge of Lucy 's bed . |
| 12 | Shots slammed into the walls inside the courtyard where the civilians cried and threw themselves on the ground . |
| 13 | She raced upstairs to her apartment and threw herself on the bedcover , a Welsh patchwork quilt in a soft pattern of cream and pink . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Rapidly clearing away some bric-à-brac — a fan , a mandolin , a rusty bird cage — from a velvet throne , she invited Ruth to sit down , and settled herself on the edge of a dress-basket . |
| 16 | I turned off the road when I drew level with the Brigadier and his Officers , and placed myself on the right of Mills Roberts as the Brigade swept past to the tune Highland Laddie . |
| 17 | I forced the gun down and hit myself on the knees . |
| 18 | ‘ Someone could have hit him and then he fell over and hit himself on the fender or the door-jamb or the bedpost — ’ |
| 19 | The tall heavy , dark-haired with thick brows too close together , stood up and balanced himself on the balls of his feet . |
| 20 | Lorton passed the bag to Dougal and balanced himself on the sill , with his legs outside the house . |
| 21 | She blindfolded him with her sopping knickers , and balanced herself on the edge of the table . |
| 22 | ‘ Toddler fallen out of an upstairs window and impaled himself on the railings . |
| 23 | We swam in the lake and sunned ourselves on the lawn among the flowering magnolias . |
| 24 | They came before the tent and prostrated themselves on the ground before following their chief to prison . |
| 25 | The severity of her discipline — she lived three years on bread and water , sometimes went barefoot to church in winter and prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church during weather so cold that the wine froze in the chalice during Mass — is typical of these women . |
| 26 | Whereas I — ’ he sighed theatrically and smote himself on the chest — ‘ am Arab . ’ |
| 27 | She guided him to an armchair and sat herself on the edge of a Victorian sofa . |
| 28 | He chased them in Australia last year , tried to hunt them down at the Arms Park in the World Cup , but found himself on the end of the heaviest Welsh defeats home and away . |