Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 When such a man came down from Olympus and applied himself to the problems of Africa , his voice was heard .
2 ‘ Come along in Katie and sit yourself by the fire .
3 He summoned all the archbishops and bishops who were with him in Sicily and flung himself to the ground at their feet .
4 She took a taxi to the family home in Surry Hills and let herself into the house which was unoccupied .
5 Hussa and the boy 's sister soon arrived from Al Ain and installed themselves in the adjoining bedrooms .
6 You must also buy a copy of Debrett and familiarize yourself with the names of those people in society we hope will become our clients .
7 Each story contains a different claim by Jesus that set himself against the religious leaders and pointed to the new way of Christianity :
8 On route from Kilham to Lowthorpe , the heavy stone base of the cross fell off at Ruston Parva and embedded itself in the verge side there , from where it was rescued in recent years and now stands on Ruston Parva village green .
9 Once he had arrived at the Southern Capital , he had proclaimed his loyalty to the old gods loudly and publicly , disowning the Aten and throwing himself on the mercy of the priests of Amun , who even then were growing bold as the revolutionary pharaoh lost his grip both on reality and his empire .
10 When Knox became a fellow of King 's in 1909 he inherited the then deceased Headlam 's work on Herodas and applied himself to the fragmentary texts of the Herodas papyri in the British Museum .
11 Her bullet tore through Ma Katz and spent itself against the wall .
12 Out in the car park , Lucy handed over the car keys to Virginia and wedged herself into the passenger-seat , glancing rather apprehensively at Virginia as they accelerated slightly too fast out of the car park .
13 Or you can go flying with Dumbo and lose yourself in the wonderland of ‘ Alice 's Curious Labyrinth . ’ .
14 Lorton passed the bag to Dougal and balanced himself on the sill , with his legs outside the house .
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