Example sentences of "and [noun] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Woman gave him one look and then switched off the light and Doyle settled himself in the chair and sat silently in the shadows . |
| 2 | Then between us we carried her to the river and rolled her in and Nour washed himself at the edge of the crocodile pool . |
| 3 | The McCullochs turned into their cottage with a brief good-night and Cameron , James , and Allan let themselves into the tall , silent house along the road . |
| 4 | Jotan raced off into the darkness , and Alexei , Jehana and Arkhina busied themselves around the cart , inventive in the face of necessity . |
| 5 | They climbed one wall to get away from the car and waited for their eyes and ears to tune themselves to the darkness . |
| 6 | These were years of growth in power and status for the skilled unions of mid-Victorian Britain , and Applegarth established himself among the leading union personalities of his day . |
| 7 | Their leaves , stems and branches orientate themselves to the light , while their roots seek out minerals and water . |
| 8 | One hundred and twenty years after Nehemiah and Pericles Greeks and Jews found themselves under the control of Alexander the Great — a Greek-speaking Macedonian who considered himself the heir of the Persian kings . |
| 9 | And Maggie whisked herself down the stairs , out of the house and fifty yards along the street . |
| 10 | The affinity between dog and cat reveals itself in the number of equi-status or near-equi-status traits they have in common ; and the differences between dog and cat appear more sharply when the affinity patterns are articulated in greater detail by means of diagnostic frames . |
| 11 | The United Kingdom will continue to develop our good relations with the Soviet Union and its republics , and to encourage their integration into the world economy ; and will work to help Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania re-establish themselves in the international community . |
| 12 | Mostyn and Cheadle humped themselves up the stairs , and crashed into the Silver Shuriken , guns discharging . |
| 13 | We talked a little more , while Terry and Tom prepared themselves for the inevitable angry reaction from the guards and Brian lay down under an extra blanket as his body came to terms with the shock of the beating . |
| 14 | [ PAMELA and BELVILLE dress themselves for the Masquerade ; PAMELA as a Puritan girl and BELVILLE as a Spanish nobleman . |
| 15 | Miss Hervey took the reading and entered it , and Isobel settled herself in the chair , the baby on her lap , and unbuttoned her blouse . |
| 16 | Joe returned the warm plates of food to the table , and Dolly helped herself to the mint sauce . |
| 17 | Although he is happy with his lifestyle and a wages and bonuses package which earns him £30,000 a week , Walker 's evasive attitude and reluctance to project himself through the media has not endeared him to the locals . |
| 18 | Susan told herself that she must keep calm , must n't let nerves and muscles knot themselves into the familiar ache of worry . |
| 19 | They would need clothing and shelter for the extremes of weather , and weaponry to protect themselves from the wild animals and hostile tribes which roamed the desolate regions they were to visit . |
| 20 | We finished our drinks and Siegfried immersed himself in the Veterinary Record as savoury smells began to issue from the kitchen . |
| 21 | Kathleen swallowed a lump in her throat , Ben coughed discreetly and Jack busied himself at the X-ray box . |
| 22 | Although both James and Miller concern themselves with the effects of attaching verbal responses to the cues to be discriminated , there is no reason to restrict the analysis they offer to such responses . |
| 23 | Releasing the cannon from stowage and moving it forward was reminiscent of preparing a man o'war with the weapon 's black length extending well aft and Tommie bracing himself against the instrument bulkhead . |
| 24 | In their horizontal distribution plants often follow soil patterning ( p. 77 ) , mosses , lichens and angiosperms aligning themselves along the cracks between polygons , with crustose lichens occupying the centres . |
| 25 | Tiny natives in their feathered headdresses and skirts besported themselves on the water 's edge , far more ostentatiously than Kit knew them to do . |
| 26 | A band played and onlookers waved and cheered as men , women and children wedged themselves into the tub carriages and settled down for a good day out . |
| 27 | Whereas in Egypt the pharaoh symbolized the triumph of an invincible divine order over the forces of chaos , in Mesopotamia kingship represented the struggle of a human order with all its anxieties and hazards to integrate itself with the universe . |
| 28 | Here the old men and women deposited themselves about the room . |
| 29 | When the introductions were complete , the Exec Director , the DDA , the DDI , Sorge and Nowak settled themselves round the small conference table . |
| 30 | Mitchell and White ran themselves into the ground and Nicky Summerbee tried everything he could to get a goal . |