Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Wrexham grandfather had been an active Gladstonian Liberal , and concerned himself with the temperance movement and local government . |
| 2 | A programme of national assessment began in May 1978 and concerned itself with the standard achieved by 11 year olds . |
| 3 | ‘ Piano , Aaron , piano ! ’ she called , and her middle stepson , with his mobile thin white clown 's face , emerged from the crowd and seated himself at the instrument , as Liz called to Deirdre and the butlers to fill glasses and then join the guests for a toast : Jonathan turned on the radio , the eagle-crowned clock over the marble mantelshelf struck , some joined hands and some did not , Aaron struck up Auld Lang Syne , Big Ben struck , some sang and some did not , voices rose straggling , pure and impure , strong and weak , tuneful and tuneless , there were cries and embraces . |
| 4 | He laid the picture down and seated himself before the table . |
| 5 | Victoria came up the room and seated herself on the couch , and without either greeting or preamble , she said , ‘ I 've had indigestion ever since Christmas Day . |
| 6 | In some minutes the short hairs on the disc of the leaf began to bend , then the long hairs , and laid themselves on the insect . |
| 7 | ‘ Sunday , then , ’ she said , and damned herself for the note of desperation in her voice . |
| 8 | They parked the vehicles and camouflaged themselves for the night , before settling down to cook . |
| 9 | I gave Becky to them and lowered myself into the water . |
| 10 | He sighed and lowered himself to the other end of the settee . |
| 11 | But she did not answer him , only bent and lowered herself into the water , hissing as the coldness burned into the wound , a faint moan escaping through her gritted teeth as she began to wash . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But with the accession of Herod , Eisenman argues , most Sadducees — the Sadducees whom we know as such from biblical sources and from Josephus — betrayed their original loyalties and aligned themselves with the usurper . |
| 14 | And that curtain went from the window right across the room and pinned itself into the piano , pinned the curtains into the piano . |
| 15 | They flittered down the stairs , Ginger Rogers a deux , and draped themselves round the nearest male , an elderly , pale faced banker — ‘ Allo , ’ they purred , ‘ 'Ow do you like sex ? ’ |
| 16 | Everyone still standing , and that was at least half the passengers , did a little backwards dance and righted themselves by the simple expedient of taking hold of the person or object closest to them . |
| 17 | I was spitting with fear and frustration as I yanked on some clothes and flung myself into the control area . |
| 18 | He summoned all the archbishops and bishops who were with him in Sicily and flung himself to the ground at their feet . |
| 19 | Sweating with fear , Lepine dashed along the verandah and flung himself behind the wheel of the Citron . |
| 20 | Pickets broke through the police lines and flung themselves into the road in an attempt to stop the vehicles . |
| 21 | She ran past him , and flung herself on the door , fumbling with the catch . |
| 22 | Robyn swore and flung herself at the stove , trying to scrape what was left of the bacon away from the bottom of the pan . |
| 23 | Robbie screamed and flung herself against the protective width of Fen 's chest . |
| 24 | When such a man came down from Olympus and applied himself to the problems of Africa , his voice was heard . |
| 25 | When Knox became a fellow of King 's in 1909 he inherited the then deceased Headlam 's work on Herodas and applied himself to the fragmentary texts of the Herodas papyri in the British Museum . |
| 26 | Her stepsister settled in England , conformed outwardly , and applied herself to the advancement of her plump , dull son . |
| 27 | I did a neat somersault and found myself on the bottom of the river , drowning ; fishing jacket , waders and fishing bag weighed me down . |
| 28 | I walked round the walled field and found myself at the edge of a tinkers ' camp . |
| 29 | I turned over … and found myself at the top of page three . |
| 30 | Once I forgot to take a flashlight with me when visiting a friend , and found myself outside the house in pitch blackness , unable even to find the edge of the pavement or the garden hedge . |