Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pn reflx] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they began to climb the stairs , arms still wrapped around each other , Ronni asked herself for the hundredth time what she would do if he did . |
| 2 | Knowing that it would annoy Geoffrey , Anthony braced himself for the ensuing argument . |
| 3 | We talked a little more , while Terry and Tom prepared themselves for the inevitable angry reaction from the guards and Brian lay down under an extra blanket as his body came to terms with the shock of the beating . |
| 4 | Delaney readied himself for the final assault . |
| 5 | As the Dwarfs steeled themselves for the inevitable assault , there was a loud explosion and the gateway burst apart in a cloud of dust . |
| 6 | Smith absented himself for the shortest possible time during the annual 1st Glasgow Company camp at Tighnabruaich in July 1909 to receive his knighthood in London . |