Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sooner than he had expected , Harry found himself back in Swindon Central Library , this time perusing the national newspapers for 2 June 1987 in the hope of gleaning from them some clue as to what had eluded him on his visit to Tyler 's Hard . |
| 2 | In November 1959 he found himself back in Montreal , ‘ to renew his neurotic affiliations ’ as he was to repeat endlessly to journalists ; meeting his friends and family , sometimes bumping into his uncles who would take him for expensive meals at top restaurants — such as the Ritz — and hotels ; and generally awakening and reawakening those impulses and memories which would fire his imagination and energise his mind for months to come . |
| 3 | So he dug a bomb shelter in the back yard , which was fine for his wife and little daughter , William 's mum-to-be , but not so convenient for him when he joined the Merchant Navy and found himself out on Atlantic convoys with the wolf packs at his heels . |
| 4 | This traced itself back to John Merchant , a Fleming given a permit almost 100 years earlier , in 1492 , to export 50 tuns of ‘ ale called berre ’ to the Low Countries . |
| 5 | Wedging itself in between Texas Instruments Inc 's announcement of the Tsunami Sparc chip on October 9 ( UX No 406 ) , and Sun Microsystems Inc 's expected introduction of the first Tsunami box on November 10 , MIPS Technologies Inc , now a wholly owned subsidiary of Silicon Graphics Inc , is due to upgrade its 64-bit R4000 chip to the R4400 this week with a major performance boost . |
| 6 | There were moments during the Mass when the litanies and prayers , the censers swinging to and fro and the smell of incense made her feel lightheaded , and she was able to believe that she was not really present , not really being married at all , and that at any moment she might open her eyes and awake , to find herself back in Corcaguiney , with the wind ruffling the water across Dingle Harbour and the cloud shadows sailing over the mountain . |
| 7 | She found herself back with Uncle Albert . |
| 8 | Having completed a tour of the museum , Elisabeth and Svend found themselves back in Svend 's office , where fresh coffee had been placed by an unseen hand . |
| 9 | Still , I did n't risk a second run and instead I turned left at the end and found myself back on Plumstead Road . |
| 10 | At the age of 24 I found myself back in Corntonvale prison , this time doing a 5 month sentence . |
| 11 | It is scarcely possible that the most incisive speaker and planner should have had to drive himself up to Newcastle for a meeting the other day — and in a car without a telephone . |
| 12 | Instinctively , Jack flung himself on to Steve , but he simply pushed him away . |
| 13 | Unable to resist any longer , he flung himself back at Robert . |
| 14 | We race across Lliwedd on frost rimed ledges and hurl ourselves down towards Llydaw 's outlet , slipping on frozen streamlets , crashing down scree , pausing to drink the silence . |
| 15 | He went to close the windows and stepped inside the room , planning to lock them and then let himself out by Sara 's front door . |
| 16 | Jones , reeling from a £20,000 fine and suspended six-month ban imposed by the FA for his part in a video nasty about soccer dirty tricks , has to pick himself up at Middlesbrough . |
| 17 | THE demands of league rugby could mean that West will somehow have to pick themselves up after Saturday 's tragedy and play three successive league games . |
| 18 | To do as you are doing , to take to yourself the right to decide who shall and who shall not be born , is to set yourself up above God — ’ |
| 19 | I did not want to lock myself in with Heathcliff . |
| 20 | Thus Aintree 's recall man for the past seven years became the sacrificial offering so that the Jockey Club bigwigs could get on with more important business like tarting themselves up for Ascot and tea with the Royals . |
| 21 | Jack came rushing down from his room on the top floor and threw himself down beside Bunty , cradling her head . |
| 22 | ‘ The gods have no imagination , ’ he said , stepping out of the tub on to the towels spread on the rugs before his glass , and turning himself about beneath Langholme 's ministering hands . |
| 23 | Lend yourself out of Wishart |
| 24 | I 've only to close my eyes and relax a bit to imagine myself back in Africa — except that the indefinable Eastern smell is missing . ’ |
| 25 | Eminent and learned the judge may be , but he can not set himself up as God over all football . |
| 26 | A black bucket of misery tipped itself up over Melanie 's head . |
| 27 | Caro nodded , consciously slowing herself down to Clare 's pace . |
| 28 | Hatchet-faced , tough as the city 's granite , Yevdoxia plumped herself down at Anna 's side . |
| 29 | ‘ Anyway , to make extra sure , you get yourself round to Bella 's tomorrow morning , ’ said Simon , ‘ and get her to put that money in the bank . ’ |
| 30 | Go on , get yourself over to May 's and meet her company , whoever they are . |