Example sentences of "of [art] [noun pl] and [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Love is like the perfect pearl of the sea , but more precious , a pearl of the transcendent ; it did not come from the earth but from the pollen of the stars and sowed itself here like the seeds of the palms . |
| 2 | He and Mr Fletcher sat at the table and Willie took one of the mugs and perched himself on the stool in front of the range . |
| 3 | Corbett could scarcely understand some of the accents and contented himself with gazing around . |
| 4 | They had no aspirations to be patrons of the arts and to regale themselves like proletarian Ludwig IIs with grand opera or private performances of the classics . |
| 5 | The leading child came on slightly earlier than usual , caught her rope on one of the tassels and found herself going up . |
| 6 | He propelled himself away , reached the bottom of the stairs and hauled himself up them . |
| 7 | And she used to go with the district nurses a lot to er to treat different people specially a long time I remember erm a young man erm h he had er I think it was cerebral palsy he had and er he was so fed up with himself he threw paraffin over himself and er set light you know on the top of the stairs and threw himself down . |