Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After six o'clock , when the cheap rate had started , Karen King let herself out of the side door of Aunt Jane 's bungalow and walked the quarter of a mile to the public call box . |
| 2 | It would have been impolite to refuse so Elisa found herself back in the sitting room . |
| 3 | However , with record companies realising the appeal and financial benefits of bands like Sabbath having a line-up as close to the original as possible , Neil found himself out in the cold after Geezer Butler was reunited with his former partners . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Grimma picked herself up from the plank and nervously started to pick bits of rust off herself . |
| 6 | Léonie lowered herself on to the chair beside the bed , her magazine on her lap . |
| 7 | Benny pulled himself up from the floor with difficulty . |
| 8 | Simon pulled himself up inside the kiosk : ‘ It looks like a bomb 's hit it ! — Is that the cash-box over there ? |
| 9 | Rachaela eased herself up from the bed of sheets and pillows , skin and hair . |
| 10 | Cornelius took himself off to the telephone box . |
| 11 | Nigel tarted himself up for the two days before her visit . |
| 12 | 236 for 2 overnight became 296 for 7 next morning as England bowled themselves back into the game , but Lloyd and Garner put on 83 for the eighth wicket and then Holding and Croft an unbeaten 67 for the tenth as the bowlers tired , enabling Lloyd to declare on 468 . |
| 13 | Even Jezrael hauled herself up by the strappings on a crate : silver lights shone through the mists of twilight . |
| 14 | Tom flung himself back into the chair beside her , still without speaking , and Belinda stood there while Faye gave her a watchful glance . |
| 15 | As the ethereal strains of Ravel stole through the room , Penry let himself down on the sofa , eyes closed . |
| 16 | Duncan let himself out of the car as Myeloski walked round to him . |
| 17 | Martin pressed himself back into the burial plot , his fear of it temporarily forgotten in the face of this new terror . |
| 18 | Tom settled himself down at the table and said , ‘ Now , let's have a chat about what we 're going to do when this snow clears . |
| 19 | Relaxed and without the miserable depression of the previous few evenings , Julia pulled herself out of the water , rubbed herself vigorously with the hard , thin towel Annunziata had left there for her and went to dress . |
| 20 | Across the road in Parliament in the late sixties , as Wilson , Castle and Crossman wore themselves out in the cause , as they saw it , of a more modern and socially just Britain , there sat in the Leader of the Opposition 's office a man who not only shared the Jenkins view of workload but was planning exactly what he would do about it if the electorate gave him his chance . |
| 21 | When they were clear of the city 's traffic , Colt eased himself back in the seat and lit a small cigar . |
| 22 | Hussa arrived with her mother and while Shama eased herself on to the carpet and settled against a cushion , Hussa picked up one of the newspapers which a driver brought from the village each morning . |
| 23 | Trent swung himself over to the settee so that she would n't have to shout . |
| 24 | Mrs Totteridge swung herself down from the horse 's back and strode to the Range Rover . |
| 25 | Lee flung himself on to the dog . |
| 26 | He left , and Fran flung herself down on the bed , pummelling the pillow with her fists in a sudden explosion of temper . |
| 27 | The train pulled in at her station and Lee got herself out into the street , touching too many people , climbing ugly grey stairs , looking at posters advertising Tampax , warning about Aids , promising relief in the Bahamas , selling newspapers , selling theatre tickets , selling life , she thought , but it ca n't be bought , not really , it 's within . |
| 28 | There had been unsuccessful attempts even further south ; the unfortunate Raleigh got himself out of the Tower by promising to find James 1 a supply of gold in Guiana , but he found no gold and he irritated the Spanish so much that they pushed James into having him executed in 1618 on the 1604 charge of treason . |
| 29 | Seb let himself out through the gate and Carrie was half-way back to the house when his soft call brought her to a halt . |
| 30 | Surfers traced themselves back to the Duke as if he were Adam . |