Example sentences of "he [coord] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The men surged round him and jostled themselves to a standstill .
2 It is tempting to explain the startling developments which duly took place in Russian domestic affairs in the second half of the 1850s and the first half of the 1860s by saying that the tsar recognized the extent of the difficulties which confronted him and applied himself to resolving them .
3 Josh Thayer 's warm brown eyes swam before her , and for a moment she wished she could simply find him and throw herself into his comforting arms .
4 Creatures often seem to have gone out of their way to find him and display themselves to him .
5 He gave support to William Wallace in his fight for Scottish independence but deserted him and aligned himself with the English King Edward I who was trying to dominate Scotland .
6 The plaintiff then instituted proceedings against the defendants claiming damages for their breach of duty in failing to disclose material information to him and placing themselves in a position where their duties and interests conflicted .
7 Charlotte was glad of the excuse to leave him and busy herself in the kitchen .
8 But Jane insists she 's still a Gazza fan … and that no-one would be happier than her if he put his troubles behind him and established himself as the best , as well as the most talked about , footballer in the world .
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