Example sentences of "[adv prt] [coord] [verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 That event & 's separation in the same year blighted by retirement … but is now divorced & we 've all brushed ourselves down & picked ourselves up again ! ) )
2 I think I 'm not she will then come in and let herself in , I have to be in at three
3 He had climbed in and settled himself down with a sigh of contentment at the way the softness and smoothness of the upholstered seats favoured his weary limbs .
4 I had a furtive look round then I went in and settled myself down .
5 ‘ You lie down and get yourself off to sleep , now .
6 But I mean , if I 'm only doing shifts night shifts then you can come down and get yourself in , right ?
7 ‘ Mr Blake ! ’ she said with enthusiasm , going over and plopping herself down on the bench beside him .
8 ‘ You can take yer bonnet off and sit yerself down .
9 When the radio began to grate , I turned it off and spread myself out on the bed , using the knapsack as a pillow , and then when it got too sharp , making dents in the back of my head , I took it away and lay flat .
10 The two men ran off but gave themselves up next day .
11 I can talk about it freely now & we have all picked ourselves up & dusted ourselves down … says that she is a stronger person ( maybe even ‘ harder ’ ) … & she is a very efficient business person & lives & works in Glasgow .
12 She stood up and thought herself back into the Mayor 's office .
13 I had a coffee and some toast , washed up and let myself out .
14 The Doctor pulled himself up and dusted himself down .
15 Anabelle picked herself up and dusted herself off .
16 Why do n't you just pull your socks up and smarten yourselves up ?
17 up and take yourself out .
18 Wully Gurk sidled up and squeezed himself on to the end of the seat .
19 Better a steady flame than one that flares up and burns itself out . ’
20 Although it was one of the train 's first stops and there were never many passengers on board , the people waiting at Raxaul always crammed around the doors , clambering up and forcing themselves in .
21 Half a dozen guards hurtled through it , spread out and flung themselves down on one knee .
22 After a period of silence from outside , a voice now hailed Place , told him to come out and give himself up .
23 It 's just a race , after all — if you 're any good , you can wave your arms about while pulling a horse 's back teeth out and keep yourself out of the stewards ' room .
24 So I came back and let myself in .
25 ‘ The appetite is certainly there and I 'm keen enough , but I do n't way to come back and let myself down .
26 So , if groups of cells are removed from the early amphibian embryo , separated into individual cells , and then reaggregated , the cells mill about and sort themselves out so that , for example , cells that are normally on the outside of the embryo , such as the future skin cells , surround those that are normally on the inside , like future muscle cells .
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