Example sentences of "and [verb] [pn reflx] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But before he could get there Mister Johnny gave a high , piercing cry , quite unlike any sound Carrie had ever heard him make before , and flung himself on Frederick , arms flailing . |
| 2 | I recoil at the strength of his putrid breath and yank myself away , but he grabs my waist and throws me upon the bed , pinning my hands down and forcing himself on top of me . |
| 3 | He said everybody liked to go out and amuse themselves on Saturday night . |
| 4 | ‘ Some try and hang themselves on lamp-posts outside men 's houses , but I do n't know any of that sort . |
| 5 | He broke free of the lieutenant and threw himself on top of me . |
| 6 | Fred 's face was flushed a deep red and his breath came fast as he slipped down his trousers and pressed himself on top of her body . |
| 7 | He 'd hoped that it meant no more than that she was growing up and had become aware of herself as a young woman ; that as a consequence it was not quite the done thing for her to rush across a room and hug him like a kid sister , or trip him up in the haybarn and fling herself on top of him like a puppy spoiling for a game . |
| 8 | I , I 'm sorry to keep saying ‘ Yes ’ to everything that you 're , you 're suggesting , but yes , we are thinking about communication skills , particularly the encouraging and helping children to learn to write properly , I do n't mean calligraphy , I mean actually write and express themselves on paper , oral communication , and things of this kind are things that we do want to pay attention to . |
| 9 | A MAN who doused his clothes with petrol and set himself on fire in a bank in Co Tipperary was under intensive care in hospital today . |