Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [adv] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no need for us to act like hedgehogs , eating all that we can to fill ourselves up for the coming months . |
| 2 | Nigel tarted himself up for the two days before her visit . |
| 3 | Charles made himself up for the new role , and dressed in the new costume . |
| 4 | He usually sleeps for a couple of days and then slowly builds himself up for the next trip . |
| 5 | The Butlins Empire has now had to market itself anew for the experienced package tourist ; a move from wooden chalets to brick-built country suites , from the Minehead Camp to Summerwest World . |
| 6 | None of this was her affair , she told herself not for the first time . |
| 7 | It sounded as if Irina was setting herself up for the planned return to Moscow , ahead of the Brückner lawyers . |
| 8 | The bag lady enters Venice , she thought , trying to cheer herself up for the daunting journey ahead . |
| 9 | You can watch the newsreader 's lips getting into gear , like Fatima Whitbread psyching herself up for the big throw . |
| 10 | She was out every evening , sometimes staying away all night and coming back in the afternoon only to tart herself up for the next evening away . |
| 11 | You did the wise thing , calling a halt when you did , she told herself sharply for the umpteenth time . |
| 12 | It really would be very much more practical to have her hair cut , she told herself severely for the umpteenth time , but the simple truth was that she liked having her hair long , loved the feeling of the heavy silken strands on her skin . |
| 13 | An exhausted Anabelle ambled to the gate and squeezed herself under for the last time . |
| 14 | The aim of coping responses in event-producing situations ( arrow d , Figure 7.1 ) must be either to reduce the likelihood that a severe event will occur ( perhaps by seeking marriage guidance counselling to help resolve marital difficulties ) , or to prepare oneself emotionally for the distressing event which is likely or certain to occur ( compulsory redundancy , say ) . |