Example sentences of "[verb] himself [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly the dwarf was tearing himself wildly out of the trooper 's hands , his arms still pinioned , sliding past them towards the darkness behind . |
| 2 | Ten seconds later Lance-Corporal Charlie Trumper of the Royal Fusiliers found himself back out on the parade ground . |
| 3 | But after winning in Galway and on the Circuit of Ireland , McHale could n't keep the momentum going in Killarney last weekend and found himself virtually out of the hunt after just one stage . |
| 4 | He let himself quietly out of the house and the silence closed in around Hari , smothering her . |
| 5 | Dorcas lowered himself gingerly on to the brink and sat with his legs dangling over the drop . |
| 6 | When they were ready the car glided out of the warehouse , Zack himself now back behind the wheel , and headed towards their hideaway . |
| 7 | Gaily heaved and hitched himself up on to the high stool , shoving the bag of laundry between his feet once more . |
| 8 | Everything seemed ideal for his attempt , and with sudden resolution he hauled himself up on to the shelf above the door and manoeuvred around gingerly until he was able to stand up . |
| 9 | Peter walked over to the shed , climbing on to the sill , then levering himself up on to the roof , which was not very steep . |
| 10 | Lie down , ’ I said and he eased himself back on to the couch . |
| 11 | ’ Li Shai Tung nodded and eased himself back on to the great saddle of a turtle shell that was placed beside the pool . |
| 12 | The bang of the door woke him and he reached himself up on to the table and started sniffing the newly polished leather . |
| 13 | He got the top off and a cup poured before lowering himself gingerly back into the driving seat and passing it over to Catherine . |
| 14 | ‘ He stretched himself cautiously along under the sheets and lay down beside his wife . |
| 15 | Keith pushes himself up out of the chair . |
| 16 | With what I swear was a scathing look that said something like " Wally " , he launched himself gracefully on to the air and noiselessly flew down the gill out of sight . |
| 17 | Then he pushed himself calmly off from the Hokule'a and paddled away with quick firm strokes and vanished into the half-light . |
| 18 | An aggressive manoeuvre in wave sailing , where the sailor suddenly changes course whilst on the face to bring himself back down to the bottom of the wave . |