Example sentences of "[coord] then [verb] themselves [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can see them beginning so far out … you see them lowly grow as they come nearer and nearer to the shore , rise and then thrash themselves against the beach . |
| 2 | There is a tradition at Borwick regarding the gallery , that in the days when there was anxiety over Border raids and the beacons were prepared ready for alarm , the women drove the cattle from the fields to the courtyard , which at that time was grassed , and the barmkin ( a grassy enclosure ) , and then stationed themselves on the gallery to spin and watch . |
| 3 | Kosi and Lars exchanged brief looks and then launched themselves after the girl . |
| 4 | At the inquest a fellow debtor , Harry Wood , told the coroner the routine was to rise at six and then busy themselves among the cells till breakfast at 7.15 . |
| 5 | They came with their ideals , found idyllic peace in the countryside , where a man could hardly fail to notice God in the quietness ; said their prayers in one of the fairest little parish churches in all the land ; reacted against , and then threw themselves into the orderliness of quasi-monastic life ; and studied what they wanted , and thought about truth . |