Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He sat down and plunged himself into his work . |
| 32 | ‘ You lie down and get yourself off to sleep , now . |
| 33 | Some of the lyrics were sung to familiar jazz songs ; ‘ I 'm gon na sit right down and paint myself an abstract ’ went to the tune of ‘ I 'm gon na sit right down and write myself a letter ’ . |
| 34 | ‘ Bertha walked up and down and enjoyed herself very much . |
| 35 | He takes his hand , puts his blond head down and wills himself to go on until he reaches his yellow bedroom with teddies stencilled around the walls . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | When I went to that stress management course we were told to use physical resources like deep breathing and actually making yourself sit down and making yourself go floppy . |
| 38 | Putting the parcel down and making herself breathe calmly , she unpeeled the paper and took out two flat paper envelopes — packets of seeds — and a little wooden block with wire on it . |
| 39 | He slammed the phone down and allowed himself a small smile . |
| 40 | Some of the lyrics were sung to familiar jazz songs ; ‘ I 'm gon na sit right down and paint myself an abstract ’ went to the tune of ‘ I 'm gon na sit right down and write myself a letter ’ . |
| 41 | And er I gets him down and I gets him into the stable , and I gets all the clothes off him and he gets into a bag , a bran bag , more bags and lay down and covered himself , and I hung his clothes round the boiler fire . |
| 42 | But I mean , if I 'm only doing shifts night shifts then you can come down and get yourself in , right ? |
| 43 | And he said he 'd go down and get himself a sherry . ’ |
| 44 | Masklin and Gurder lay down and pulled themselves forward . |
| 45 | There are little tricks , for example , if it 's a time clause , when you think to yourself oh God it 's one of those lists , you sit down and calm yourself , take a Valium or whatever it is and just apply yourselves to that , right , what the next point is so the first thing I want you to do is stop at this time clause , when you realize it 's a time clause I want you to go trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot to the main verb , alright ? |
| 46 | He sat down and helped himself from the coffee-pot on the table , then refilled Lucy 's cup as well . |
| 47 | Ruth pulled out a wicker chair from the breakfast table and sat down and helped herself to coffee . |
| 48 | Here she went to the dressing table where she sat down and regarded herself in the mirror . |
| 49 | " Do n't mind him , you sit down and warm yourself , " Mrs James said quickly , glaring at Gerard . |
| 50 | I forced the gun down and hit myself on the knees . |
| 51 | I recoil at the strength of his putrid breath and yank myself away , but he grabs my waist and throws me upon the bed , pinning my hands down and forcing himself on top of me . |
| 52 | I have n't been happy for the last few months and when an old girlfriend asked me out I went along and enjoyed myself . |
| 53 | Another good way of practising the start without having to go through the exhausting rig recovery is to sail along and lower yourself into the water . |
| 54 | that they thought they could develop and hav hold events on , and er , he said , like we , we came up with some good ideas , put forward some ideas , really good ideas , for things to do on this land , and he said , the trouble is that all these councillors back on to these pieces of land , and he said , er , they do n't want people coming along and enjoying themselves on it , because they want to go and walk their labradors on it . |
| 55 | ‘ Now get along and behave yourself . ’ |
| 56 | Thought well I had this fire on so , I gets up to go through and make myself a l you know a drink before going to bed and I put my 'jamas on and dressing gown . |
| 57 | Sitting where he was , a bullet fired into the back of his neck might pass through and embed itself somewhere in the brickwork above the stove . |
| 58 | I would n't describe anything that was not what I had gone through and understood myself — in my experience or out of my imagination and other people 's words would n't do . |
| 59 | Then she went through and threw herself on the comfortable cool silk bedcover , and lay in luxury , gazing up at the gently rotating white fan . |
| 60 | That is why you freeze over and protect yourself . |