Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pn reflx] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I threw myself on top of the wheelbarrow to hold it down as he passed . |
| 2 | ‘ The first thing I thought when I saw myself on video was , ‘ Gosh , do I really look that bad ? ’ ’ confides Kitty , who has the problematic body of your standard middle-aged woman : potbelly , cellulite , stretch marks . |
| 3 | Lifting her hands to his shoulders , she raised herself on tiptoe and brushed her lips across his cheek . |
| 4 | When she prosecutes , she finds herself on trial , her profession equated with sexual provocation , and advertising images used to discredit her . |
| 5 | Luckily the bus itself was delayed , and so they got themselves on board . |
| 6 | He found himself on loan to the faculty of the National Intelligence Academy ( NIA ) in Fort Lauderdale as director of Video Operations . |
| 7 | For a time he disported himself on stage like some hell-fire preacher , but since then the message of his songs has been more mixed again : even returning , sometimes , to his great old theme of disaffected love . |
| 8 | She floundered like a seal in the greasy mess , and when he threw himself on top of her , the battle began . |
| 9 | I have quoted this passage in full , not because I think it is particularly inspired or even well-written , but because it is the nearest attempt I have come across to suggest some of the subjective , hidden meanings that might well make up a performer 's luggage when he expresses himself on stage . |
| 10 | But Garvey did not care what Gabriel believed , so long as he conducted himself on stage like the Angel Gabriel . |
| 11 | TWO screaming children threw cups of water over their burning father after he set himself on fire . |
| 12 | Moments before he set himself on fire , Mr Chittenden phoned the Daily Post 's office in Chester , asking staff there to go to the United Friendly offices in Chester 's St Werburgh Street . |