Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pn reflx] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now happily married to actress Gwen Humble , 38 , Ian found himself studying an action replay of his early days as a hell-raising Hollywood star as it ran through his mind — and he winced at what he saw . |
| 2 | When the tower walls swung back into focus Isabel found herself clutching a chainmail tunic , quite unaware of the metal links cutting into her palms as she gazed straight into the ice-blue eyes of her husband . |
| 3 | Kathleen found herself heaving a sigh of relief . |
| 4 | They were soft slippers , decorated with amethyst for wearing on thick carpets and Hari found herself envying the girl who seemed to have everything in life she could possibly want . |
| 5 | Manville busied himself preparing the messages for despatch . |
| 6 | Later , Hari forced herself to enter the workshop and get on with her repairs . |
| 7 | But one fine day in early summer when the sky was blue and there was not a cloud in the sky , Maxine found herself cancelling an arrangement to meet a friend in town . |
| 8 | On folio 4 verso , Siferwas depicted himself presenting the manuscript to Lovell . |
| 9 | King Hussein had himself undertaken a tour of major European capitals from Jan. 2 in a final attempt to prevent the outbreak of war with Iraq . |
| 10 | Irvine and Martin have themselves developed a method of assessing the performance of some of Britain 's most expensive scientific investments . |
| 11 | Isabel heard herself ask the question but her attention was suddenly drawn to the servant setting food and trenchers on the table . |
| 12 | One of his two ploughmen had left the district and Seb found himself performing a lot of the work himself . |
| 13 | Jessamy found herself resenting the tranquillity of the scene when she felt so very unpeaceful inside herself . |
| 14 | Auguste busied himself checking the stuffing , unable to get to the root of his unease . |
| 15 | Lindsey busied herself rearranging a pile of magazines . |
| 16 | Although Buchanan committed himself to continue the fight , he accepted that only " celestial intervention " could prevent Bush from securing the nomination . |
| 17 | Reunited with the Doctor in the capital city of Millenius , Ian finds himself facing a charge of murder amidst a civilisation believing a defendant guilty until proven innocent . |
| 18 | But , years later , Liz found herself visiting the Freud museum in Berggasse in Vienna , and there she suddenly saw it all — the red walls , the figurines , and , perhaps most distinctively , the predominance of red carpet-cushions , the characteristic mixture of Persian geometric patterns on floor and couch — a Jewish mixture , a Viennese mixture , a Freudian mixture ? |
| 19 | Miller found himself playing the role of her doctor , manager , analyst and trouble-shooter with an increasingly frustrated , impatient and high-handed Olivier , who was having marital problems himself with the mentally troubled Vivien Leigh , who had just announced a miscarriage at the age of forty-one . |
| 20 | Dorothea allowed herself to make a pot of tea , in her dressing gown , and carry it back upstairs , to enjoy over the newspaper and any letters there might be , though she did not allow herself to return to bed . |
| 21 | Athelstan found himself relishing the closeness . |
| 22 | Christina found herself remembering the way the promising young architect had first come into their lives . |
| 23 | The narrator comments : The accounts of the torments to which Christina subjected herself convey a feeling of a disturbed personality although she apparently miraculously survived them . |
| 24 | These were adopted unanimously and thus the CUC reconstituted itself to become the Congress of University Convocations and Graduate Associations ( CUCGA ) ; welcoming members across the binary divide and embarking upon a more public role in support of higher education . |
| 25 | Sarah occupied herself taking the coffee cups over to the sink . |
| 26 | Riley swore and Linley drawled that there was nothing to get upset about , because Harbury had himself cleared the way for the man Riley wanted appointed . |
| 27 | Cecilia forced herself to show an interest in Daphne 's son and Daphne 's garden and after a while things grew easier . |
| 28 | They survived and flew home , and Peacock found himself savouring the memory . |
| 29 | And so , for the second time in his life , Lawrence Beesley found himself leaving the Titanic just before it was due to go down . |
| 30 | We see his professional disdain : before he arrived he spoke disparagingly of his impending host , doubting that Mr MacAulay had himself authored the history of the island of St Kilda , which bore his name . |