Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | They flung themselves on him , yanked his legs back , crossing them so that his knees splayed out . |
| 2 | Luckily the bus itself was delayed , and so they got themselves on board . |
| 3 | They had certain tricks and devices by which they avenged themselves on the interlopers , but these took up time and energy and , since they were young and inexperienced , frequently rebounded on themselves , although Sam , by dint of great perseverance and the manifestation of genuine hatred , had recently succeeded in ridding her home of her mother 's latest lover . |
| 4 | Once at the top of the rise , they found themselves on a flat plateau , of which most of the park area consisted |
| 5 | Armed with guns stolen from gunshops , they revenged themselves on creditors who had ‘ restrained ’ their property . |
| 6 | The second came recently at Newlands , the imposing Cape Town stadium — at least , it was imposing till they tore out large bits to install even more corporate hospitality guzzlers — where by their second-half performance they imposed themselves on South Africa and crossed the final frontier of world rugby at a surging gallop . |
| 7 | As they settled themselves on the trunk Silas switched off the torch . |
| 8 | They flattened themselves on the pavement as a bomb came whistling down . |
| 9 | The Larrikins , who can be traced back to 1870 in Australia , were also organised into local gangs or ‘ pushes ’ , and even allowing for exaggeration and over-involvement ( we need not readily accept , for example , that they gorged themselves on raw meat or rigged elections by terrorising voters , as was sometimes alleged ) their behaviour was unbeatably appalling . |