Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pn reflx] [adv] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly the dwarf was tearing himself wildly out of the trooper 's hands , his arms still pinioned , sliding past them towards the darkness behind . |
| 2 | After the death of her father in 1891 she withdrew entirely into private life , devoting herself almost obsessively to the care of her mother , even though the latter soon came out of retirement to become a royal lady-in-waiting . |
| 3 | In its beginnings , therefore , modern nationalism can be seen as one aspect of a class movement which found political expression in a general struggle for democracy ; manifesting itself most clearly in the American Revolution — interpreted by some scholars as the formation of the ‘ first new nation ’ ( Lipset , 1967 ) — and in the French Revolution , which together established the model of a new kind of political system embodying the ideas of ‘ citizenship ’ and ‘ popular sovereignty ’ . |
| 4 | By this I mean flinging yourself forward on to the opponent 's fist with your unguarded face . |
| 5 | Peter walked over to the shed , climbing on to the sill , then levering himself up on to the roof , which was not very steep . |
| 6 | It is likely , therefore , that Aethelred was involving himself quite extensively in the affairs of the Hwicce across these years , being personally associated , for example , if the relevant document has an authentic base , with the founding of the monastery of St Peter , Gloucester , in 681 ( CS 60 : S 70 ) . |
| 7 | Swinging herself hastily out of the car , she slammed the door . |
| 8 | Mountfield , prising himself away momentarily from the Tipton Terror , met the ball at the far post to score the kind of goal that was his trademark at Everton . |
| 9 | He got the top off and a cup poured before lowering himself gingerly back into the driving seat and passing it over to Catherine . |
| 10 | Because ‘ this vast and terrifying disintegration ’ , as described by Leavis and Thompson in 1933 , was thought to be showing itself not only in the alleged decline of literary and artistic values , but also in its effects upon personal identity , family life and the destruction of community . |
| 11 | That the press in the 19th and 20th centuries chose to attach itself to political parties and also chose to abdicate its responsibilities towards its publics by identifying itself too closely with the interests of the state in no way reflects upon the notions of the free press . |
| 12 | Two striking bodies were swimming after the big man , lifting themselves rhythmically out of the water with the butterfly stroke . |
| 13 | These birds , with now and then a solitary Rhynchops and frigate bird ( Tachypeles aquilus ) , were all of the feathered race that I observed in these heated latitudes , a part of the voyage which always hang heavily upon those destined to visit these distant regions ; by me , however , it was not so much felt , the monotony being relieved by the occasional occurrence of a whale , whose huge body rolled lazily by ; by a shoal of porpoises , which sometimes perform most amusing evolutions , throwing themselves completely out of the water , or gliding through it with astonishing velocity ; or by the occasional flight of the beautiful flying fish , when endeavouring to escape from the impetuous rush of the bonito or albacore . |
| 14 | The boy 's head came up sharply , the green eyes flashed their invariable challenge , and flew back jealously to the shape of the opening flower that was heaving itself painfully out of the wood . |
| 15 | The great , grey stones seemed to be heaving themselves up out of the earth like pieces of ancient bone , to squat in the alien flesh of the present . |