Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] and [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tried to dispel my doubts and tell myself it was Nan Ho . |
| 2 | I open my eyes and push myself up . |
| 3 | I mean I would open my eyes and see myself like that , wake up and then I 'd bounce off the bed and then I 'd sit there bouncing and , and but I have n't had that in a long time and wh when I thought now a lot of times , if I think that I leave either the front door unlocked , my house unlocked or the garage door open I go and actually check that in the middle of the night . |
| 4 | I caught it with the catapult , the thick black tubing of the rubber twisting once in the air as I scissored my hands and fell back , letting the buck go over my head and then kicking with my legs and turning myself so that I was level with it where it lay , kicking and struggling with the power of a wolverine , spreadeagled on the sand slope with its neck caught in the black rubber . |
| 5 | ‘ I would like to spend one year here , continue my studies and test myself against the best British players . ’ |
| 6 | If human communication were a simple matter of reciprocally exchanged words , if words had no resonances beyond themselves , I might have been proud to be cast in such a role , and either self-confident enough in my ability to fulfil it , or else realistic enough to modify my directives and declare myself in favour of some more modest role . |
| 7 | She licked her fingers and applied herself to her beer . |
| 8 | I ask the children to bend their knees and lower themselves and then stand up . |
| 9 | After she had given Miguel time to pay the bills and get away , she retraced her steps and found herself a table at a café in an arcade in one of the ornamental squares by a pretty fountain . |
| 10 | In cultures the world over , women ( and in many cultures , men too ) have made their skin silky by bathing in oils , scented themselves with delicious perfumes , draped themselves in satin , velvet , silk and feathers , braided , brushed or oiled their hair , painted their lips and darkened their eyes and weighted themselves with gold and silver , or heavy ornaments . |
| 11 | Lisa stared hard into the fire as despair flooded through her , then , fighting for control , she raised her cup to her lips and forced herself to drink a mouthful of warm tea . |
| 12 | Now there was no choice but to raise her eyes and let herself see the house . |
| 13 | As their two entwined bodies bobbed like corks in the water , Ronni closed her eyes and let herself melt against him . |
| 14 | She found herself reaching out to touch him in return , closed her eyes and told herself to stop , but could n't . |
| 15 | She closed her eyes and told herself that that was simply succumbing to a whim , but why not ? |
| 16 | Her head swam ; she shut her eyes and pressed herself against the wall , fighting to steady herself for the return trip , struggling to contain an urge to vomit . |
| 17 | — When Manjiku comes , she shuts her eyes and lets herself fall down his throat past the barbed teeth and come down to land in the foul bilgewater in his gut . |
| 18 | Claudia Yeo closed her eyes and forced herself to speak to the empty space behind the desk . |
| 19 | With a sigh , she leaned against it , laying down her champagne glass , then closed her eyes and forced herself to breathe deeply and slowly . |
| 20 | She wiped the filth out of her eyes and pulled herself into the wreckage of the cockpit . |
| 21 | Claudia closed her eyes and gave herself up to sheer sensation . |
| 22 | The day was Thursday , the start of the academic week ; Flavia combed her hair , washed her eyes and marched herself to the tower . |
| 23 | It seems a couple of them came out here a time or two , asked a few questions , shrugged their shoulders and took themselves off . ’ |
| 24 | The music blared out around them — Beatles songs from the Sixties — and for a brief space of time Rachel forgot her worries and allowed herself to be caught up in Belinda 's simple pleasures . |
| 25 | She sank down to the ground , hugging her knees and rocking herself back and forth to keep warm . |
| 26 | One species of beetle in Brazil , when alarmed , immediately folds up its legs and flattens itself sideways , exposing its white underside and so takes on the appearance of a bird dropping . |
| 27 | However , if a starfish approaches , queen scallops flap their shells and dance away , while spiny cockles extend their feet and flick themselves away . |
| 28 | Too tired to think any more , she kicked off her sandals and freshened herself up in the scented blue-tiled bathroom , brushing her hair and wiping her hands and face , and then her feet , on the fluffiest white towel she had ever felt . |
| 29 | I was going to tell her I had taken her keys and let myself back into the house , " he added , " but I arrived too late . |
| 30 | Both these books are very similar , their main themes are the same ; that with the support and love of other women they overcame their oppressors and emancipate themselves . |