Example sentences of "she [verb] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She flung herself on Wexford , yelping frenetically , and when he pushed her away , ran round him in circles , wildly gyrating her tail and flapping her knitted ears . |
| 2 | She flung herself on the bed in a paroxysm of weeping , wailing like an animal in pain — until Mrs Taylor came running , and took her in her arms . |
| 3 | Liza did not know how she got back to her billet , only that she had bicycled so fast and furiously that , as she flung herself on her bed , she thought , grimly , that if anyone had reason to miscarry at that juncture it was she herself . |
| 4 | She flung herself on him . |
| 5 | She flung herself on the end of the bed and began to bring him further up to date . |
| 6 | ‘ Does one , ’ asked Gay rhetorically , as she seated herself on the foot of the bed , ‘ quarrel with those to whom one is totally indifferent ? ’ |
| 7 | Then she seated herself on the edge of the bed and , breathing deeply , raised the phone up to her ear . |
| 8 | She was especially furious that someone had succeeded in making her jump and yell like that because she prided herself on her toughness . |
| 9 | She prided herself on her ability to sift through the most innocent conversations and turn them into major scandals . |
| 10 | She prided herself on the last . |
| 11 | She was not thinking clearly and she prided herself on thinking clearly : priorities , motives , objectives . |
| 12 | She prided herself on her strength — and yet this man , who had already proven he could stand up to her verbally , was holding her off as she if she were a feather . |
| 13 | She used the buses and wherever she found herself on the last bus at night , whether at her own home or at her son 's , she would stay for the night only to set off again early the following morning . |
| 14 | She found herself on the threshold of Fearon 's bedroom : that was a bit tricky and she knew she ought to retreat there and then . |
| 15 | She had gulped in this exciting sense of heightened perception with the wind and rain , as soon as she found herself on the pavement outside the house . |
| 16 | Before Isabel had taken another breath she found herself on her back , gazing up at him bemusedly . |
| 17 | He kissed her on the mouth and she tasted herself on his lips . |
| 18 | She lifted herself on one elbow to peer at the clock behind him . |
| 19 | She is lying on her back ; her breasts adjust to a new position tardily as though they contain some viscous substance , set fling gradually as she raises herself on her elbow . |
| 20 | She raised herself on one elbow , blinking her eyes , trying to see in the darkness . |
| 21 | She raised herself on her elbows , pushed her thighs forward , and parted her legs as wide as if she were going to give birth . |
| 22 | She raised herself on her toes , and was very aware that his target , her posterior , rose another few provocative inches , presenting her comely rump as a full rising moon . |
| 23 | Lifting her hands to his shoulders , she raised herself on tiptoe and brushed her lips across his cheek . |
| 24 | She raised herself on one elbow , so that she could look down on his face . |
| 25 | She killed herself on May 14 in the Beijing villa where she had been allowed to live since 1984 . |
| 26 | She congratulated herself on the enterprise and initiative which had allowed her to cheat Rose Cottage , to outwit ‘ Time ’ , if only for the day . |
| 27 | She congratulated herself on her improving powers of deduction . |
| 28 | she heard herself on the video , I 'm sure she |
| 29 | She dumped herself on the Chesterfield beside him and ripped open her own packet , noisily . |
| 30 | She pinched herself on her left biceps and yelped with pain . |