Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pn reflx] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His son , Guardsman George , freely admits that the Fawcetts helped themselves judiciously to the region 's edible game . |
| 2 | Feeling one step from death , Branson dragged himself out to the car and drove quickly through the early morning traffic to the hospital in Wimbledon . |
| 3 | Léonie lowered herself on to the chair beside the bed , her magazine on her lap . |
| 4 | Cornelius took himself off to the telephone box . |
| 5 | Hussa arrived with her mother and while Shama eased herself on to the carpet and settled against a cushion , Hussa picked up one of the newspapers which a driver brought from the village each morning . |
| 6 | Trent swung himself over to the settee so that she would n't have to shout . |
| 7 | Lee flung himself on to the dog . |
| 8 | Surfers traced themselves back to the Duke as if he were Adam . |
| 9 | Virginia lowered herself carefully to the ground . |
| 10 | After Brunnhilde throws herself on to the pyre Valhalla comes to an end , to be replaced by a new era of human love . |
| 11 | Mrs Gray was more relaxed now than when she had received Theodora a couple of hours ago and Theodora gave herself up to the pleasure of walking through the church yard to the church door . |
| 12 | Rosa flung herself over to the other side of the bed . |
| 13 | Finally , after a comm-call to the Emissary brought Lord y'Fiprehaude himself on to the screen , to simper a confirmation , the warden grudgingly gave me clearance . |
| 14 | Masklin lowered himself carefully to the floor and crept forward . |
| 15 | On arriving at Southwell , Charles handed himself over to the Scottish commissioners in expectation of their support , but negotiations between them collapsed , and the Scots sold him to Parliament for £400,000 . |
| 16 | Heedless of the rough dirt floor , Isabel dragged herself over to the fire and crouched beside it , crying with mingled fright and relief . |
| 17 | Alex threw himself on to the floor and rolled over and over shouting , ‘ I do n't want her ! |
| 18 | Connolly gave himself up to the police and was charged with damage to the cell amounting to ten shillings . |
| 19 | Tell Russell to give himself up to the police and when they have dealt with him , Mr Christie , I am going to shoot him . ’ |
| 20 | From the beginning , the evening bore all the hallmarks of success , Luke adapting himself immediately to the light holiday mood of Sam and Anna , and sweeping Merrill along with him . |