Example sentences of "[vb past] himself [prep] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seated himself at one end , and Emily sat beside him . |
| 2 | Grant flung himself to one side … but this time he was just a split second too late . |
| 3 | Then he knew where she was — or would be , moments after he committed himself in one direction : behind him . |
| 4 | Desperately Moore threw himself to one side , and saw the rope fall harmlessly to the floor . |
| 5 | As the final chimes faded , Daniel raised himself on one elbow and started to outline with his finger the pattern of reflected leaves that decorated Elisabeth 's body . |
| 6 | He raised himself on one elbow and gingerly felt around his feet . |
| 7 | Jagatan raised himself on one elbow , and Burun guessed that he had been drinking for most of the afternoon . |
| 8 | Huy raised himself on one elbow . |
| 9 | Lunch was provided in a cafeteria and tea in a common room — an environment which sounds uncomfortably similar to that of more youthful days , and in fact he signed himself in one letter as " Advanced Student " . |
| 10 | His breathing gradually slowed as he propped himself against one edge of the desk , drinking . |
| 11 | And all of the family starting to watch the boy more closely as he sailed or forced himself through one limit after the other — a talent , it was beginning to seem , in every pocket . |