Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [v-ing] themselves [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the end , however , Torpedo stole the game from us despite my players running themselves into the ground . |
| 2 | At last they were all free and she pushed the material impatiently aside , her fingers losing themselves in the gloriously thick mat of dark curling hair on his powerful chest . |
| 3 | The hands Maria had raised to Luke 's shoulders strayed eagerly to the back of his neck and up into the thickness of his dark hair , her fingers pressing themselves to the perfect shaping of his skull as she sought and claimed a deeper kiss , drawing him far into the warm moist depths of her mouth . |
| 4 | His grip tightened , his fingers burying themselves in the knot of hair at her nape . |
| 5 | Adam sat on the bank among the bulrushes and the great , pale , leathery hosta leaves and looked at the house with its canopy of roses and honeysuckle , the martins ' nest under the eaves , the long terrace with Zeus in his various avatars and his loves disporting themselves along the flint wall . |