Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [conj] [vb past] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end he got up and made himself some coffee , then watched the early morning skies above Manhattan as he recalled the past . |
| 2 | He came up and introduced himself . |
| 3 | Then one of the older men , a chieftain , he must have been , beckoned a young man , small and lithe and darker-skinned , with flared nostrils and springy black hair rising from a high brow , and he came forward and offered himself , it became clear , as a hostage in exchange for the old woman and the girl . |
| 4 | So when he came in and introduced himself , I knew this was Dr. Alexander Favor , the Indian Agent at San Carlos . |
| 5 | He turned away and swung himself into the saddle of the horse that Bravd was holding . |
| 6 | Whereas I — ’ he sighed theatrically and smote himself on the chest — ‘ am Arab . ’ |
| 7 | He rushed in and threw himself into a chair . |
| 8 | In pure reaction from terror he broke down and wept himself into a deep , swooning sleep as soon as he was alone with his blessed candle ; but when he awoke strangely refreshed and heartened he had his wits again , and could reason about his escape . |
| 9 | He leant back and pushed himself away from the table , sliding backwards on the castors of his typist-style chair . |
| 10 | ‘ Someone could have hit him and then he fell over and hit himself on the fender or the door-jamb or the bedpost — ’ |
| 11 | He looked round and found himself three-quarters of the way down the bath . |
| 12 | But in a moment he sat up and dusted himself . |
| 13 | He sat down and plunged himself into his work . |
| 14 | He sat down and helped himself from the coffee-pot on the table , then refilled Lucy 's cup as well . |
| 15 | The manner of his election was dubious in the extreme ; Gallus had spent much time at the court of Theuderic , but at the time of Quintianus 's death he was in Clermont ; while the citizens were trying to decide on a new candidate the Holy Spirit descended on Gallus , according to his relative Gregory , and on the advice of his uncle Inpetratus he set off and presented himself to Theuderic , who authorized his consecration . |
| 16 | He stood up and stretched himself . |
| 17 | He stood up and shook himself , like a dog emerging from water . |