Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [adv] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For centuries civilised man thought poetry was the pinnacle he must reach for — ’ He caught himself suddenly and smiled for the first time Blanche had known him to , the embarrassed smile of a passionate devotee who suddenly discovers that everyone around him , whom he thought entranced by his obsession , was in fact sniggering behind his back . |
| 2 | Before she could add , as she was evidently about to , that she never bought anything at the door , he announced himself hurriedly and asked for her husband . |
| 3 | At seven days , we may be able to get some sense out of the graph on the effects of vacuum decompression during the pregnancy , he told himself happily and walked into his crowded office with a spring in his step . |
| 4 | Emerging from the fragrant warmth of a sudsy bath some time later , Lissa dried herself carefully and slipped into a gold-coloured satin teddy . |
| 5 | He could see Kathleen in front of the treatment table , clutching a stitch-cutter like a lifeline , and as the man lunged at her he threw himself forward and grappled with him , falling with him to the floor . |
| 6 | She propelled herself forward and grappled with Irina . |
| 7 | Anyway , we pulled ourselves together and pretended to be pleased to see him , and then he drove us back to London like a maniac , keeping up a stream of gibberish which after a while I stopped listening to . |
| 8 | The tombstone was surmounted by a sculptured angel , its wings spread , arms folded in repose , face calm and at peace , Martin grasped it , pulled himself forward and glared at his adversary on the wall . |
| 9 | He pulled himself away and sat on the edge of the bed . |
| 10 | He pulled himself together and gestured with his free hand towards the flowers . |
| 11 | She pulled herself together and went to bed . |
| 12 | But the solid Swiss world was no phantom , nor would the solar system cease forging steadily through interstellar space : the sun did swing away from our casement , for all that Mary said , for all our forgetting of time , and the baby awoke and cried ; so that Mary , giving me a langourous look , dressed herself carelessly and went down the stairs . |
| 13 | He shrugged himself upright and moved towards the door . |
| 14 | Reluctantly , Lou dragged herself upright and trailed behind Melissa . |
| 15 | She rolled onto a knee , then pushed herself upright and reached for the bottle of Sancerre in one complete , if clumsy , movement . |