Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sean recalled : ‘ I suddenly found myself on the same side as the shark and got out of the water as fast as I could . |
| 2 | The Mexican atmosphere was contagious and I soon found myself on a crowded coach bound for Mexico . |
| 3 | I always prided myself on not being afraid . |
| 4 | I always position myself on the side in which the rabbits hit the net . |
| 5 | I still warm myself on memories of family parties where Uncle Brian would sing ‘ Unchained Melody ’ into a glass , Aunty Rosy would become more argumentative after her third sherry , Uncle Harold would lecture on the brilliance of Enoch Powell , and Dad would lead us in a community rendering of : |
| 6 | I nearly killed myself on my bike ! |
| 7 | Having been long pent up in town , Annie and myself viewed Southall as a second Paradise , and I remember I nearly hung myself on my pin-before the very first morning after our arrival , in attempting to scale the yard gates to see the country beyond them . |
| 8 | It is a source of some sadness to me that I now find myself on the other side of the fence from Samuel Brittan in the debate on managed and fixed currencies . |
| 9 | I almost threw myself on him . |
| 10 | Most extraordinary thing : as wife shoves high-chair into car 's rear suspension and I quietly herniate myself on a couple of bags filled with Devon mud and light aggregate thieved from local quarry by children , strange sense of loss creeps over me . |
| 11 | Clearly Graf was not amused by the experience as she quickly booked herself on the next flight home leaving her team-mates behind without telling them . |
| 12 | To his surprise , she stopped when she reached Mark 's chair and took the vacant seat beside him , nodding casually in his direction and flashing a devastating smile as she carefully arranged herself on display . |
| 13 | We falsely congratulate ourselves on the progressiveness of contemporary welfare provision , ignoring not only its insufficiency but also the fact that much of the need itself is an artificial creation of contemporary social prejudices against people continuing at work . |
| 14 | We never based ourselves on them but we just developed that way . |
| 15 | And so he always laid himself on the line . |
| 16 | Although tied in , it also supports itself on the pyracantha which , in its turn , requires strong anchorage |
| 17 | to put his coat on , I picked him up and tried to carry him , and he just flung himself around so hard I had to put him down and he immediately flung himself on the floor again ! |