Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | His car was still outside ; it was the open-top Volkswagen Beetle he 'd bought himself on that first day straight from the showroom window . |
| 2 | He needed to support himself on the bannister . |
| 3 | But he wanted to assure them of a more overpowering reason : he needed to re-establish himself on his home ground as firmly and quickly as possible in order to launch himself on Mary . |
| 4 | a very able man in business matters , but unfortunately lame ; he had to support himself on a crutch , in addition to which the dark glasses he wore to hide some defect in his eyes , did not improve his appearance ; altogether it always struck me that the prominence of position he seemed to claim was undesirable . |
| 5 | Francisco worked in Admin , but occasionally he doubled as a barman , and he did n't have to explain that he had cut himself on a broken glass . |
| 6 | When , once , he had thought himself on the brink of an alliance for which he yearned , he was suddenly and shatteringly rejected . |
| 7 | He had discharged himself on May 30 , borrowed some money from a friend and headed off to East Anglia . |
| 8 | He realised that it had been a while now since he had put himself on the lookout for Medjays shadowing him . |
| 9 | But there is a wisp of evidence that he considered embarking himself on a fast unto death to bring peace to India . |