Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [coord] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They came before the tent and prostrated themselves on the ground before following their chief to prison . |
| 2 | I strode over to the bookstall and bought myself a map of the place . |
| 3 | Next morning I cleaned up the vomit and got myself ready for school but I still had a nasty taste in my mouth and I was hot and achey . |
| 4 | This prisoner , from Coquetdale , disgusted at the way Balliol and his group had abandoned the struggle and left himself and others to their fate , was prepared to talk , no doubt in the hope of improving his own position . |
| 5 | He broke free of the lieutenant and threw himself on top of me . |
| 6 | I crept along the riverside until I reached the culvert and hid myself among the banks of sweet cicely to read my book . |
| 7 | A Sikh Conservative Councillor — Mr Mangat — expressed it quite clearly in 1973 : ‘ The best hope for Sikhs in this country lies in abandoning the turban and making themselves as inconspicuous as possible . |
| 8 | Edward was given the contract and threw himself into it with vigour , aided no doubt by his life-long abhorrence of the building which he was now about to replace . |
| 9 | The remainder deflected downwards into the rear pressurised compartment , went straight through the conduit carrying the cables to the lower rear turret , then carried on into the rear gunner 's position , perforating the hatch and embedding itself in the lagging on the armour plating at the rear of the position . |
| 10 | Miles crossed decisively to the starpod , unsealed the hatch and swung himself into the cabin , smiling as it snuggled shut behind him with a soft pneumatic wheeze . |
| 11 | From here we descend to the crypt and find ourselves surrounded by the 11C remains of the Romanesque basilica . |
| 12 | What we mean by this , is that at times of great stress we can all be overwhelmed by the experience and find ourselves ‘ at sea ’ , not knowing what to do . |
| 13 | For she knew he had put Hector into the kitchen but remained himself . |
| 14 | She entered the kitchen and took herself over to the knife rack above the Aga . |
| 15 | He crept back into the kitchen and made himself another cup of tea . |
| 16 | Then she moved quietly into the kitchen and made herself a mug of tea . |
| 17 | She went down to the kitchen and cooked herself a large breakfast . |
| 18 | More like the diabolical Guy , Virginia thought sourly , going distractedly into the kitchen and pouring herself a glass of mango juice . |
| 19 | When she got downstairs she headed towards the back of the house , with the vague idea of finding the kitchen and making herself a drink . |
| 20 | Carrying the telephone with him , he walked into the kitchen and poured himself a small whisky . |
| 21 | She noted the flicker of a smile as he came into the kitchen and poured himself a cup of coffee , but she ignored him , turning her back as she scanned the phone book , desperately hunting for a garage that was reasonably near to this god-forsaken place . |
| 22 | The daddy returned to the kitchen and poured himself another cup of tea . |
| 23 | The crew swam out from under the canoe and attached themselves to the upturned hull . |
| 24 | This messenger RNA ( mRNA ) leaves the nucleus , enters the cytoplasm and attaches itself to the ribosome . |
| 25 | He went to the side-table and poured himself a glass of water . |
| 26 | Viruses are programs that infect the PC and reproduce themselves . |
| 27 | Viruses are programs that infect the PC and reproduce themselves . |
| 28 | He opened the freezer and helped himself to a cold beer and the last of the chicken drumsticks from the packet he had bought earlier in the week . |
| 29 | There have been various forms of the play but Punch himself is always a violent , pugnacious but droll and high-spirited rascal , hunchbacked , hook-nosed , and gaily dressed , who with the help of his cudgel overcomes all his enemies in succession . |
| 30 | For they that sometime step up and play with them , when they can not play their parts , they disorder the play and do themselves no good . |