Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the old man was finished we trooped aboard and settled ourselves on to the wet seats . |
| 2 | Even in the situation that we find ourselves in with the Maxwell Pension situation , where we find that the the erm Trust Law did n't prevent the things from happening which did happen . |
| 3 | And of entrusting ourselves in to the power of his mercy . |
| 4 | Jack , Willy , Rex and I took ourselves off to the Lamb Inn for lunch and put away as much ale and steak and kidney pie as four young men could desire . |
| 5 | Why then cut ourselves off from the one source in which may be found an authoritative statement of the intention with which the legislation is placed before Parliament ? |
| 6 | And I suppose we 'd better go and asphyxiate ourselves up at the sulphur springs . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , we certainly thought we were climbing , the wife and me , you know with all that pulling ourselves up over the rock and all , and what with the fact we were , well , in a manner of speaking , how can I put this , em , climbing up to the top . ’ |
| 8 | There is no need for us to act like hedgehogs , eating all that we can to fill ourselves up for the coming months . |
| 9 | We went our separate ways , both recognizing that we had to psych ourselves up for the race . |
| 10 | Let us tuck ourselves up in the light and warmth , and hide away from the night . " |
| 11 | But this merely brings back the idea of particulars as distinct from qualities or ( mere ) configurations of qualities , and we find ourselves up against the very difficulties the theory was trying to eliminate . |
| 12 | Baronness Warnock ( Ind ) , whose 1986 report forms the basis of the bill , said it would be a paradox if ‘ we democratic and increasingly educated people should … put ourselves back into the 17th century , when the question of whether or not Galileo and indeed Descartes might pursue and publish their scientific findings was regulated not by scientific considerations , but by religious considerations . ’ |
| 13 | We left Paris by the Porte D'Orleans and found ourselves back amongst the tilled meadows and windmills which ring the city . |
| 14 | We can not hope to compete with the big stores for plain , cheap knitwear — they can buy their yarn at much better prices than we can and when we add costing for our time we price ourselves out of the market . |
| 15 | We had to do something to get ourselves out of the situation . |
| 16 | I bet we burn ourselves out before the Sun ! |
| 17 | Lee flung himself on to the dog . |
| 18 | He lowered himself on to the toilet seat and jumped down on to the floor . |
| 19 | Wully Gurk sidled up and squeezed himself on to the end of the seat . |
| 20 | Alex threw himself on to the floor and rolled over and over shouting , ‘ I do n't want her ! |
| 21 | It struck her that he seemed to have tacked himself on to the others . |
| 22 | He kept twisting himself on to the side of his affected lung , but did not wake when I altered his position . |
| 23 | ‘ Milk , no sugar , ’ Graham said to Sabrina then eased himself on to the couch beside Kolchinsky . |
| 24 | Whitlock shoved Karen out of the way and had to fling himself on to the bonnet of a BMW as the Mercedes flashed past , missing him by inches . |
| 25 | He heard later that a suicide had thrown himself on to the line . |
| 26 | Its tension caught the reader , there was an emotion in it , shared between him and them and it turned all his attention away from himself on to the subject matter he was speaking . |
| 27 | At any moment and with no warning he 'll throw himself on to the floor and do like a hundred push-ups . |
| 28 | Finally , after a comm-call to the Emissary brought Lord y'Fiprehaude himself on to the screen , to simper a confirmation , the warden grudgingly gave me clearance . |
| 29 | Before Folly could take in what was happening , Luke had crossed the room in a few strides and almost thrown himself on to the sofa . |
| 30 | Shaking his big head slowly he lowered himself on to the chaise-longue and sat back carefully . |