Example sentences of "drag [pn reflx] [adv prt] to " in BNC.

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1 Oh , yes — yes , of course , Belinda , ’ she said , dragging herself back to the present .
2 Spitting out a gobbet of blood , he dragged himself over to the window , to look down on the devastation below .
3 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 .
4 His foot slipped and he grasped at a piece of jutting tile and dragged himself back to safety .
5 Heedless of the rough dirt floor , Isabel dragged herself over to the fire and crouched beside it , crying with mingled fright and relief .
6 She dragged herself back to reality , and began joining in the conversation , listening with amusement while Simone regaled them with stories of some of their customers — fat women with strange tastes in colour , young girls with more money than sense .
7 She ran down the first flight of stairs , and then turned and dragged herself back to the flat .
8 As I dragged myself back to the Duck and Forceps , I suddenly felt a strange empathy with the great Mike Channon .
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