Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pn reflx] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I found myself on a level with the whole of the French people ; my new companions … were miners , navvies , workers in metal and wood . |
| 2 | IN FEBRUARY 1985 I found myself on a flight scheduled for the Yemen Arab Republic , now called Yemen since its amalgamation with the People 's Democratic Republic of Yemen in May 1990 . |
| 3 | ‘ Beware the falconer with the clean glove , ’ they say , and certainly I was looking forward to getting my glove dirty — at least metaphorically — with some practical experience when I booked myself on a falconry course on Bodmin Moor in the summer of 1988 . |
| 4 | I find myself on a small brick platform about twenty feet above a man-made , well-bricked channel which follows a straight course through the factories and warehouses . |
| 5 | I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever , |
| 6 | I hurt myself on a big erm . |
| 7 | When I first left home and lived on my own , I gorged myself on an endless round of late night parties and visits to newly-found friends which lasted until the early hours of the morning . |
| 8 | I pride myself on an ability to remember route details , but I do n't think I kept to my line of ascent for more than a third of the way down the first time I did the Hornli Ridge . |
| 9 | And on a good night the stars would seem to brighten ; if you looked up it was like a clear winter 's night in the city , one of those nights when you find yourself on a dark street , one without streetlamps , and for once you can see that the stars have different colours ; they are like still fireworks . |
| 10 | She positioned herself on a front bench , laid out her pastels and board , and began drawing under the eyes of the judge , who , be all accounts , turned a shade of puce . |
| 11 | She positioned herself on a front bench , laid out her pastels and board , and began drawing under the eyes of the judge , who , be all accounts , turned a shade of puce . |
| 12 | She finds herself on a dual carriageway , almost a motorway , raised above the level of the neighbouring houses , and with no apparent exits . |
| 13 | You hurt yourself on a big stick ? |
| 14 | When at last we emerged into the open we found ourselves on a plain , perhaps a mile wide , lying between the hills and the river . |
| 15 | And so it was that on the first Monday after New Year , about midnight , we found ourselves on an icy road in County Cavan heading for the checkpoint , having just driven up from Dun Laoghaire , where we had disembarked from the Holyhead ferry . |
| 16 | We dry ourselves on a towel . |
| 17 | Once at the top of the rise , they found themselves on a flat plateau , of which most of the park area consisted |
| 18 | He prides himself on a forthright nature and says he has asked more questions than any other MP in the House . |
| 19 | The next customer was a thin elderly man , he placed himself on a seat and wanted to be served . |
| 20 | When a character steps through the ever-changing arch , he finds himself on a narrow pathway through a forest of bizarre trees . |
| 21 | BELOW RIGHT It can be considerably easier to clean up thoroughly after your pet if it relieves itself on a sandy surface , rather than on grass . |
| 22 | The shame was too great and he shot himself on an Austrian hillside a few weeks later . |