Example sentences of "would [verb] [pn reflx] on [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ With one bound I would throw myself on the large white bearskin , which I adored , and cover its great head with kisses . ’ |
2 | Picking up their phones , they would thrust themselves on the punters , ramming stock , which was often of little value , down their throats . |
3 | Their common concern was the chaos that would unleash itself on the city if a radioactive cloud from Hinkley Point was carried by the prevailing wind . |
4 | The young Sheikh and his friends would stretch themselves on the carpet around us , their white kandoras in the half-light of night making a scene of extraordinary beauty . |
5 | Junk would pride itself on a collection of re-vamped , painted-up old pieces and found objects . |
6 | In another moment she would find herself on the other side of the door , facing disaster . |