Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pn reflx] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Sunday , then , ’ she said , and damned herself for the note of desperation in her voice . |
2 | He had practiced putting on his kitchen floor at home during the winter to try and prepare himself for the greens . |
3 | They parked the vehicles and camouflaged themselves for the night , before settling down to cook . |
4 | He flung the bedcovers off and stood up , shaking and staring wildly into the darkness , trying to identify the threat , knowing it had to be the Corsican and bracing himself for the shotgun blast that would cut him in half , disembowel him , blow his head off , send it bouncing across the floor of the bedroom . |
5 | He straightened his tie and steeled himself for the meeting . |
6 | Slowly , the guide bent down , as if to steel himself for the fight . |
7 | The Chancellor gradually retired from acting as judge of first instance , and reserved himself for the Court of Appeal in Chancery and for the House of Lords . |
8 | At this point she burst into tears and blamed herself for the break-up of their relationship . |
9 | And braced myself for the deluge of his anger . |
10 | For some strange reason she could n't seem to relinquish her hold on the chain and braced herself for the wrench she was sure would follow when fitzAlan started towards the castle gates . |
11 | He anticipated and insured himself for the re-emergence of Richard Nixon from the political wilderness in 1968 , and correctly judged that Ronald Reagan would defeat Jimmy Carter in 1980 ( which was not such an inevitable result as the next eight years made it seem ) . |
12 | I climbed on to the shed roof and gathered myself for the jump . |
13 | He is suffering from the consequences of this accident and reproaches himself for the distress the family of the child is being put through . |
14 | In terms of er political views , or even those who have no political views , of ethnic make-up and everything of this kind and yet now it seems that at a time when our police forces above all , need to move into the present day and prepare themselves for the challenges of the crime and the criminals at the end of this century and into the next century , we seem to have some misgivings about giving the Home Secretary the powers which are placed in this Bill . |
15 | Accordingly , Angel One had drawn on his ninjutsu training when preparing himself for the arena , with the purpose of springing a nasty surprise on his twin enemies — the Executioner and the Controller — should the opportunity present itself before he was himself killed . |