Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pn reflx] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He described how the ladder was to be set up against the wire , how people were to clamber over and how they were to swing themselves clear through the gap at the end . |
| 2 | She felt them go round her , strong and decided against her dress , beneath her coat , and then he put his mouth on hers and began to kiss her , and for a moment she felt that she was flying , and the next minute she was clawing herself free with the superhuman strength of panic and stumbling for the door . |
| 3 | Eb was making himself comfortable at the head of the table . |
| 4 | Cranston 's wife was making herself comfortable on the bench whilst the gallant who had been eyeing Benedicta had now moved closer and was talking quietly with her . |
| 5 | Might his successor be ‘ brave ’ because he was laying himself open to the same fate … ? |