Example sentences of "busied [pn reflx] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kathleen swallowed a lump in her throat , Ben coughed discreetly and Jack busied himself at the X-ray box . |
| 2 | He walked round the back of the car and busied himself with the boot . |
| 3 | ‘ Mr Connon , ’ he said as he busied himself with the kettle and the jar of instant coffee , ‘ I did n't really have a chance last night to explain myself to you very fully . |
| 4 | Unfortunately for Charles , the Director 's job turned out to be beyond his actually rather limited administrative abilities and , unable to assert himself in that field , he busied himself in the teaching side of things . |
| 5 | The coroner busied himself around the house . |
| 6 | Inside the kitchen , while Carrie busied herself at the range , Seb hovered behind her , wanting to touch her , but not daring to , in case she objected . |
| 7 | Martha busied herself about the household work during our Lord 's visits . |
| 8 | Embarrassed , Izzie busied herself with the bedmaking , putting up her hand repeatedly to keep in place the headscarf over her shaved head . |
| 9 | Ianthe flushed and busied herself with the coffee tray . |
| 10 | She busied herself with the scissors , studying his hair intently . |
| 11 | Carrie had her back to him as she busied herself by the fire . |
| 12 | While Mary Ann busied herself in the kitchen , and the uncommunicative Emily disappeared , he took in his surroundings . |
| 13 | The woman busied herself in the kitchen and produced a plate piled high like a cairn with potatoes , and a huge pot of tea , and then resumed her knitting by the fire opposite her husband . |
| 14 | Two hours later she returned , busied herself in the kitchen and then produced a huge plate loaded with fish and potatoes , and a mammoth pot of tea . |
| 15 | While Mary-Claude saw to the baby and busied herself around the apartment , Habib made the introductions . |
| 16 | She then busied herself around the room , the implication quite clear : I was to drink up and get out as quickly as I could . |
| 17 | Frankie read his tattered old comic and I busied myself with the crocks . |
| 18 | I busied myself on the shore |
| 19 | I left him , sunk in bliss , and busied myself in the kitchen . |
| 20 | A welcoming committee of four servants , led by Nan Ho , was waiting to one side , while the hangar crew busied themselves about the craft . |
| 21 | Behind me the cart creaked away and the executioners busied themselves with the ropes . |
| 22 | Jotan raced off into the darkness , and Alexei , Jehana and Arkhina busied themselves around the cart , inventive in the face of necessity . |