Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These tales made quite an impression on me as did the story of Uncle Fred 's eldest son , young Fred as he was known , putting on his age and managing to join the Marines when only sixteen , then found himself serving on the same ship as his father during the great battle — something of a unique record . |
| 2 | ‘ You be careful , my dad 's a vicar ! ’ and the car had stopped and the man had sworn at him viciously , using some phrases Luke later regretted not remembering , and Luke found himself shaking on the dark verge a mile out of Snead . |
| 3 | He took a step back , dizzy and breathless , then found himself sitting on the floor , back to the wall . |
| 4 | He found himself lying on the grass with those wolfish yellow eyes uncomfortably near to his . |
| 5 | Almost as if he had willed himself there , he found himself standing on the scree at the foot of the rock wall , staring upwards , searching with the little experience he had gained on school climbing expeditions for footholds . |
| 6 | Ruth found herself crouching on the floor , almost fainting ; wondering how she could ever have thought before that Fincara was casting spells . |
| 7 | Even as she reassured Emilia once more that her concern was groundless Louisa found herself reflecting on the power of the weak , its hold upon the minds of others . |
| 8 | The door closed behind him and Annie found herself sitting on the edge of the bed , her hands between her knees , her eyes on the floor . |
| 9 | So when he turned to her casually in the car , and suggested that they call in at his house for some tea before they parted , Folly found herself leaping on the suggestion with almost indecent haste . |
| 10 | She felt like someone who suffered from vertigo and suddenly found themselves standing on the edge of a deep abyss . |
| 11 | I found myself living on the base with a dozen nationalities thrown together to know our God more . |
| 12 | He was out of Birmingham ; not only that , he got himself space on the floor of a flat above the Two ‘ I 's coffee bar in Old Compton Street . |
| 13 | As Withel tensed himself to turn on the tourist Rincewind lashed out and caught the thief on the jaw . |
| 14 | David picked up the arm and through the rack looking for new ones to put on while Sandra busied herself putting on the sleeves of the ones they had played . |
| 15 | And to top it all off there were the dispiriting revelations that Liverpool 's manager Graeme Souness , had not only phoned his congratulations through to John Major from his private hospital bed , but also , allegedly for mega-bucks , allowed himself to appear on the front of the Sun on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster with his tongue down the throat of a former TV hostess . |
| 16 | He swung himself to sit on the edge of the bed , and dropped his head in his hands . |
| 17 | In the first premonition , Mr Reynolds saw himself standing on the footplate of No 43106 leaving Bridgnorth , smoke-box first , with some covered wagons heading for Bewdley . |
| 18 | Fifteen Para , which has its headquarters in my constituency , was being marched to oblivion until public opinion brought itself to bear on the Ministry , and I am grateful that it has taken a step backwards , but we still do not know what size that step is . |
| 19 | She felt herself teetering on the edge . |
| 20 | Lapping a straggler , he forced himself to focus on the shimmering surface . |
| 21 | Archbishop Egbert of Trier had himself represented on the first page of a book of liturgical gospel readings and in a psalter as if he were a Christ-like emperor seated in majesty . |
| 22 | The king had himself portrayed on the last coinage of his reign , issued c. 1485 , wearing the closed crown of the emperor , at much the same time as Henry VII introduced the style into England ; but James went one better by having himself shown in a realistic three-quarters face portrait , thereby producing what the numismatist Ian Stewart has described as ‘ probably the earliest Renaissance coin portrait outside Italy ’ . |
| 23 | She forced herself to concentrate on the here and now . |
| 24 | For a time her emotions stopped her thinking clearly until she forced herself to concentrate on the problem logically . |
| 25 | Dragging about her every shred of the detachment she had learned over the years , she forced herself to concentrate on the immediate future . |
| 26 | At such moments it was difficult to remain calm , but she forced herself to concentrate on the figures until eventually the task was finished . |
| 27 | Janet Preshous played short tape-recordings of Mr Alf Shakespeare , Miss Molly Puckle and Mr Sid Cadwallader recalling the Railway 's heyday and those present , may of whom had themselves travelled on the line , shared their memories . |