Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to find herself on the map , but the printed boulevards and blocks writhed whenever she looked up at the street , making new patterns . |
| 2 | She started to tap herself on the forehead . |
| 3 | He found it hard to remember whether you had to position yourself on the left or the right side . |
| 4 | True , there were packets of walnut bits too , but they failed to impress themselves on me . |
| 5 | And it was hot , the humidity very high with a miasma hanging over the buildings as though the clouds were so heavy with moisture they needed to rest themselves on terra firma . |
| 6 | He needed to support himself on the bannister . |
| 7 | But he wanted to assure them of a more overpowering reason : he needed to re-establish himself on his home ground as firmly and quickly as possible in order to launch himself on Mary . |
| 8 | a very able man in business matters , but unfortunately lame ; he had to support himself on a crutch , in addition to which the dark glasses he wore to hide some defect in his eyes , did not improve his appearance ; altogether it always struck me that the prominence of position he seemed to claim was undesirable . |