Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] with [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The male busies himself with placing the eggs in a nest , and when this is complete , the ritual can begin again . |
| 2 | Aileen Gillies was all brisk agreement as she wrapped up some food in a cloth and gave it to them while her husband busied himself with laying the fire . |
| 3 | She busied herself with retrieving the carrier of wet clothes from the seat behind , desperate to end this short-lived but uniquely humiliating experience and yet finding that to end it here , like this , would be the final humiliation of all . |
| 4 | So she ignored the insistent call , busied herself with finding the key to the door . |
| 5 | She did not turn round but busied herself with placing a palmful of incense into the censer and lighting it . |
| 6 | But Yorke wisely confines the psychology to the sub-text and contents herself with keeping the narrative moving . |
| 7 | Much as he wanted to pound Ralf into the mud , he contented himself with sending the fellow a narrow-eyed glare which brought a look of respectful caution to the pedlar 's usually cheerful countenance . |
| 8 | Ken lost interest completely , For the moment he contented himself with pinning the notice to the inner door of the club and taking great delight in reading it to two young black guys who had arrived carrying saxophone cases . |
| 9 | So she contented herself with giving the reporter what he wanted . |
| 10 | She contented herself with pulling the T-shirt down over her bare stomach . |
| 11 | He decided against buying a ticket there and then but satisfied himself with getting a list of trains to Rome . |
| 12 | He dropped to his knees , busying himself with adjusting the drop of the trousers from Tzann 's inside leg and fighting the irrational and childish desire to jab a pin into his testicles . |
| 13 | Considering that Belfast was not involved in that event fifty years previously one might have hoped that those so minded to would have contented themselves with attending the ceremony in Dublin , less than a hundred miles away . |
| 14 | She occupied herself with studying a map on the opposite wall because she knew she would have to change trains at some point . |