Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seated himself at one end , and Emily sat beside him . |
| 2 | Grant flung himself to one side … but this time he was just a split second too late . |
| 3 | Then he knew where she was — or would be , moments after he committed himself in one direction : behind him . |
| 4 | She lifted herself on one elbow to peer at the clock behind him . |
| 5 | Desperately Moore threw himself to one side , and saw the rope fall harmlessly to the floor . |
| 6 | Meanwhile the PowerOpen Association Inc unveiled itself with five sponsor members — Apple Computer Inc , Compagnie des Machines Bull SA , IBM Corp , Motorola Inc and Thomson-CSF SA — spending an initial $750,000 and annual $250,000 to fund the Billerica , Massachusetts-based outfit . |
| 7 | Lee lifted herself a little towards her goddess and rested herself on one elbow , looking up like a child , expectant . |
| 8 | Julie screamed again and threw herself to one side , hissing in pain as a silver of broken glass sliced through the flesh on the back of her left hand . |
| 9 | As the final chimes faded , Daniel raised himself on one elbow and started to outline with his finger the pattern of reflected leaves that decorated Elisabeth 's body . |
| 10 | He raised himself on one elbow and gingerly felt around his feet . |
| 11 | Jagatan raised himself on one elbow , and Burun guessed that he had been drinking for most of the afternoon . |
| 12 | Huy raised himself on one elbow . |
| 13 | Lunch was provided in a cafeteria and tea in a common room — an environment which sounds uncomfortably similar to that of more youthful days , and in fact he signed himself in one letter as " Advanced Student " . |
| 14 | Rose raised herself on one elbow and addressed the darkness in a fierce whisper . |
| 15 | She raised herself on one elbow , blinking her eyes , trying to see in the darkness . |
| 16 | Later , Taheb raised herself on one elbow and let her hand slide along his thigh . |
| 17 | She raised herself on one elbow , so that she could look down on his face . |
| 18 | His breathing gradually slowed as he propped himself against one edge of the desk , drinking . |
| 19 | Miranda inhaled the earthy smell of the bed , propped herself on one elbow , and started gently to scratch Adam 's arm with her fingernails , stroking the sensitive inner flesh , from wrist to elbow . |
| 20 | It is an error to assume , as I did myself at one time , that theory necessarily exists in an ancillary and elucidatory relationship to criticism , which is in turn at the service of literature . |
| 21 | And all of the family starting to watch the boy more closely as he sailed or forced himself through one limit after the other — a talent , it was beginning to seem , in every pocket . |
| 22 | The orange light resolved itself into four roadwork lanterns — and then he saw the cordon and roadblock with its black-and-white wooden pole which had been set up ahead , blocking off the entrance road which led up to the office-block frontage and car park . |