Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coolies inside the fetid dens immediately began to stretch their stiffened limbs and drag themselves off their sodden mats , knowing that within minutes the cai would be among them flailing heavy staves to rouse the laggards . |
| 2 | In fact once submerged they had to find a red rod and drag themselves along it to the other side of the stage ; more than one mother screamed in fear when she saw the show . |
| 3 | He was her sole reason for getting up at all , the only incentive to clothe and feed herself and drag herself from her bedroom where she would much prefer to stay . |
| 4 | Too easily we stand still and pat ourselves on the back ; before long we are losing ground . |
| 5 | ‘ Come along in Katie and sit yourself by the fire . |
| 6 | Sybil Williams she 's called — go and introduce yourself to her . ’ |
| 7 | 1 Welcome the patient in a friendly manner and introduce yourself to him . |
| 8 | ‘ Damnation ’ will approach his target and introduce himself with an opening line which usually goes something like , ‘ Hi . |
| 9 | Try to be relaxed , confident , pleasantly enthusiastic , and sell yourself without bragging . |
| 10 | Departments , including costume and design , have started to operate the system , in which they cost their own services and sell themselves to BBC programmes . |
| 11 | Come in the front way and make yourselves at home . |
| 12 | Told him to look in any time — just to walk in , sit down , take his shoes off , and make himself at home ! |
| 13 | They float right through the glass and make themselves at home . |
| 14 | Martha , the nurse on duty , proved to be a real dog-lover and insisted that Zephyr could go of her lead and make herself at home . |
| 15 | Or you can go flying with Dumbo and lose yourself in the wonderland of ‘ Alice 's Curious Labyrinth . ’ . |
| 16 | Swallow a pint instead , and lose yourself in the waves of The Little Fish . |
| 17 | Perhaps you could go and fight in one of those wars they 're always having somewhere and lose yourself in the din of battle . |
| 18 | For those who wish to escape the hustle and bustle and lose themselves in the peaceful Nottinghamshire countryside , the working farms of the Nottinghamshire Farm Tourism Group offer a taste of the rural tradition . |
| 19 | In contrast , the Dionysiac chorus , like unconscious actors , enter into and lose themselves in the characters that their collective ecstasy impels them to conjure up . |
| 20 | ‘ Just go and lose yerself for a week , son . |
| 21 | She wanted only to rid herself of the blocks Ewan had inflicted on her and lose herself in a new future . |
| 22 | and bring yourself to bed |
| 23 | Creatures often seem to have gone out of their way to find him and display themselves to him . |
| 24 | Suddenly a wave of total panic swept across her like nausea and she had to resist the urge to dash from the car and hide herself among the trees . |
| 25 | A herd of Asian elephant cows with calves drink and cool themselves with mud . |
| 26 | If human communication were a simple matter of reciprocally exchanged words , if words had no resonances beyond themselves , I might have been proud to be cast in such a role , and either self-confident enough in my ability to fulfil it , or else realistic enough to modify my directives and declare myself in favour of some more modest role . |
| 27 | There was also alarm about the practice of " occasional conformity " ( whereby Nonconformists were able to evade the provisions of the Test and Corporation Acts and qualify themselves for civil office through the occasional attendance at Anglican communion ) and the growth of Dissenting academies ( which trained future generations of Nonconformist ministers and thus helped to perpetuate the religious schism ) . |
| 28 | They jerk from side to side and rub themselves on the plants , but there is no redness or inflammation of the gills . |
| 29 | I guess he heard Barbara and me discussing the good time we had with you , and he kind of picked up on it , and he wondered why he could n't come down to the Bahamas and isolate himself from drugs . |
| 30 | The Malleny Park side has yet to decide on its final line-up but will relish the opportunity to end the season in a flourish at home and push themselves into third position . |