Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pn reflx] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1653 John Lilburne found himself on trial a second time . |
| 2 | In Kazakhstan the CP dissolved itself on Aug. 28 to create an organization uniting progressive forces . |
| 3 | Leila threw herself on Quincx , gabbling about what happened . |
| 4 | Burton put himself on trial , later on public trial , either because he was driven to it by a daemon he could not command or because he willed the daemon to come out and fight . |
| 5 | The sisters stared at each other for a split second and then Jenny flung herself on Sara , crying incoherently . |
| 6 | Thomas Becket modelled himself on Anselm — in his exile , his inflexibility , his austerities . |
| 7 | Henry raised himself on tiptoe and pranced across the room . |
| 8 | Both the Brut and the Chronicle of London commented on the youth of those who attended , and Gloucester , Arundel , Devon , Warenne and Huntingdon excused themselves on grounds of age and infirmity . |