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 . |