Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [adj] on the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Her mouth parting ardently beneath his , she began to unbutton his shirt with unsteady fingers , then slithered lower to kiss his bare brown chest , exulting in the thunder of his heart for a moment before she found herself flat on the sofa as Penry slid her jersey over her head , then dispensed with the scrap of satin beneath . |
| 2 | On departure , many of the younger guests , deeming themselves insufficiently primed , were about to ‘ go on ’ somewhere , and in the end I found myself alone on the pavement with Eliot . |
| 3 | Cornelius made himself comfy on the stool and sniffed at the coffee pot . |
| 4 | He threw her away from him and flung himself flat on the ground as Liartes ' dragon thundered by , leaving another smoking scar across the turf . |
| 5 | Masklin darted between two seats , around a pair of giant shoes , and threw himself flat on the carpet . |
| 6 | After 300 years of Portuguese rule , Brazil declared herself independent on the 7th September 1822 , with her own monarch , the Portuguese Prince Regent , Dom Pedroh I. In 1899 , a year after the abolition of slavery in Brazil , a further step was taken to form a federal republic , the United States of Brazil . |
| 7 | Then I dismissed the students and turned myself loose on the streets of Salamanca , under the burning sun of an Indian summer , trying to get my emotions under control . |
| 8 | You 'd think that she was still in her sixties , Constance thought approvingly , as Louise took out a cigarette and , crossing her legs decisively , made herself comfortable on the sofa . |
| 9 | The desperate creature immediately spread itself flat on the back of the broom with its eyes glued shut as if awaiting execution . |
| 10 | Dot sat herself cross-legged on the bed and watched him perched on the chair by the window , blinking and twitching and fidgeting but never looking her way , then seeming to fall asleep and looking quite young , younger than Mr Brown anyhow , and certainly not at all like Sally 's dad who 'd been to Burma and eaten rats . |