Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you flung yourself on the bed , with legs spread wide apart , you cupped your rosebush with your hands and stroked it some more , murmuring all the while in that hoarse , cracked voice of yours that it was good , beautiful , a little treasure . |
| 2 | ‘ Does one , ’ asked Gay rhetorically , as she seated herself on the foot of the bed , ‘ quarrel with those to whom one is totally indifferent ? ’ |
| 3 | She had gulped in this exciting sense of heightened perception with the wind and rain , as soon as she found herself on the pavement outside the house . |
| 4 | As they settled themselves on the trunk Silas switched off the torch . |
| 5 | Fiver seemed to grow even smaller as he flattened himself on the hard earth . |