Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pn reflx] on [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Then she peered at him over the barrier of her firmly folded arms and expressed a thought that had occurred to her before , but that now she felt impress itself on her even more strongly . |
| 3 | When Maggie had perched herself on one she said , Does this mean I 'm being interviewed ? ’ |
| 4 | Some passages stood out in his mind with almost photographic clarity , presumably because they had impressed themselves on his mind earlier . |
| 5 | The victim said that the policeman had forced himself on her . |
| 6 | True , there were packets of walnut bits too , but they failed to impress themselves on me . |