Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This kind of argument reads well in Callinicos ' hands , but it is worth reminding ourselves of the unattractive reality to which it bears witness . |
| 2 | Jesus releases us from this addiction by revealing himself as the willing servant , humbled to the point of death , submitting his will to the will of God . |
| 3 | Pressing himself against the last wagon he peered around the side for any sign of the guards . |
| 4 | The team was able to win some very prestigious senior assignments during this time , deliberately dissociating itself from the wholesale movement of dealing and broking teams , an aspect of search of which GKR strongly disapprove . |
| 5 | I note that , yet again , the Liberal party is aligning itself with the Labour party on social and taxation matters . |
| 6 | It was also , in his view , unpardonable on grounds of principle , since by the autumn of 1940 Vichy seemed to be aligning itself with the foreign policy of the Nazi regime and aspects of its political ideology . |
| 7 | She used her feet , dancing away and flying back , anchoring herself to the broken lamp-post as she launched four rapid kicks to the Daughter 's torso . |
| 8 | She drew back , pressing herself into the upholstered chair , and surreptitiously studied him in the gilt mirror opposite . |
| 9 | The hands Maria had raised to Luke 's shoulders strayed eagerly to the back of his neck and up into the thickness of his dark hair , her fingers pressing themselves to the perfect shaping of his skull as she sought and claimed a deeper kiss , drawing him far into the warm moist depths of her mouth . |
| 10 | On the other side , men of letters have so few opportunities of applying themselves to the general practice that the rules they lay down , however plausible they may seem in the closet , would often ruin the honest gardener who should venture to follow them . |
| 11 | Bones fly up from the ground all around them , magically assembling themselves into the massive skeleton of some huge , dinosaur-like beast . |
| 12 | AS the curtain comes down on Courage League rugby for 1992 , the game 's elite are gearing themselves for the biggest dog-fight since the competition 's inception six years ago . |
| 13 | But protecting themselves against the deadly virus by practising safer sex is another matter . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh God , ’ I replied , launching myself at the Moroccan fabric , ‘ he has n't blown the gaff on my war wound , has he ? |
| 15 | To sidestep any arguments about who should inherit the party 's vast fortunes if a split occurs , the delegates declared themselves to be the legal heirs of the HSWP , whilst dissociating themselves from the old party 's ‘ crimes , false and mistaken principles and methods ’ . |
| 16 | The son of Rainbow Quest was always up with the leaders that day , clearly enjoying himself on the easy ground and eventually racing three and a half lengths clear . |
| 17 | Green Gartside sighs and lights another cigarette , bracing himself for the inevitable criticism . |
| 18 | The lay brother was quiet , contenting himself with the dry comment that he had done enough penance to wipe a thousand years of purgatory from the debt his soul owed God . |
| 19 | Perhaps the man was excited because he saw the chance of making more money , Kirov rejected , in the hope that reminding himself of the mercenary side of the Jew 's character might make his job a little easier . |
| 20 | He was still staring at himself in the mirror , seeing himself for the first time as a man , not a boy . |
| 21 | He is probably downstairs , knocking back a stiff gin and tonic before submitting himself to the milder offering of champagne . |
| 22 | Here , for example , is an extract from a memorandum to a US delegate to the Paris Peace Conference by Lawrence of Arabia , who had led the Arabs to victory while torturing himself with the secret knowledge of his part in their betrayal : ‘ On 1 October ( 1918 ) , the people of Beyrout , in emulation of the Damascenes , turned on their Turkish garrison of 700 men , and took them prisoner … |
| 23 | However , he appreciated the cathartic nature of expressing himself through the written word . |
| 24 | You feel him imagining himself as the last rock of culture and civilization being swept over by a wave of barbarism and Jews ( communism and commercialism ) , the saviour of more than the Constitution , the saviour of all that has been culture , the snob of the West . |
| 25 | Eventually Don grappled with the critical section , and with a quick windmill of arms and legs was up and establishing himself on the next stance . |
| 26 | ‘ Ca n't you leave us alone now ? ’ he pleaded and Wexford felt impotently that once again the man was enclosing himself within the unimpregnable defence of grief . |
| 27 | Dealing generally with the question of art teaching , when addressing himself to the abortive attempt to found a Fine Art course at Oxford in 1922 , he postulated that art schools should , above all else avoid , ‘ The temptation to consider the number of students as a test of success , what I may call a kind of moral and social capitation grant . |
| 28 | Diane could n't deny his charm , even though she knew more about him than most ; he came over as something like a wind-up toy that was apt to go bashing itself into the nearest wall without guidance and protection . |
| 29 | She is expressing herself against the popular wisdom concerning her sex . |
| 30 | Miranda began , again , addressing herself to the young girl , ‘ While I 'm getting ready , would you like to come up and see my room ? ’ |