Example sentences of "and [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , he was making friends of working men and trade unionists , and devoting himself to educational work . |
| 2 | There was also alarm about the practice of " occasional conformity " ( whereby Nonconformists were able to evade the provisions of the Test and Corporation Acts and qualify themselves for civil office through the occasional attendance at Anglican communion ) and the growth of Dissenting academies ( which trained future generations of Nonconformist ministers and thus helped to perpetuate the religious schism ) . |
| 3 | I went back to Desmond and got myself into more trouble because as soon as I got out I wanted money . |
| 4 | The Malleny Park side has yet to decide on its final line-up but will relish the opportunity to end the season in a flourish at home and push themselves into third position . |
| 5 | But then I realised you had joined the queue of dolour — I take it from your sparkling eyes that Lucy 's dropped her drawers and flung herself into sapphic bliss ? ’ |
| 6 | He happens to be a minister and found himself amid considerable grief telling his young family that their dog had gone for a walk with Jesus . |
| 7 | She stepped through the doors , and found herself in total darkness . |
| 8 | In 1877 his father had heard the American evangelist D. L. Moody in London , and had sold his racehorses and devoted himself to personal evangelism . |
| 9 | The construction of spontaneous housing settlements and the way this has induced several governments to support self-help schemes demonstrates the way squatters have taken the situation into their own hands and provided themselves with some sort of shelter . |
| 10 | All at once , Melanie was back home and swathing herself in diaphanous veiling before a mirror . |
| 11 | " Matt will calm her down , " Jenny said carelessly , and helped herself to more coffee . |
| 12 | He was about to return the compliment by suggesting that she might have lost a little weight when she leaned across and helped herself to another jam tart . |
| 13 | To insist on an overtly Polish identity was to exclude oneself from polite and educated Danzig society and to disqualify oneself from any job that promised social and economic advancement . |
| 14 | It begins with a human circle , linked by the little fingers , swaying and chanting themselves into deep trance with the eyes closed . |
| 15 | It will settle and drape itself on either side forming a natural , water-shedding thatch . |
| 16 | Both organizations gave an undertaking to curb violence among their members and committed themselves to political tolerance and freedom of political activity , recognizing the other 's right to exist " with its own policies and programmes " . |
| 17 | Whereas in the early church believers were discipled through the teaching and corporate life of the Christian community , the third and fourth centuries saw many of the devout withdrawing to the Egyptian and Syrian deserts to pray and give themselves to spiritual warfare . |
| 18 | In developing an image , you and your workers , professional or voluntary , have to swallow your pride , smile at yourselves and put yourselves in second place to getting the message across — not easy , not often said , but true ! |
| 19 | We stopped by an empty building and disentangled ourselves from each other . |
| 20 | Third , you are aiming to create an atmosphere in the interview which will encourage the candidates to talk and show themselves to best advantage . |
| 21 | So , like Prince Charles and thousands of less well known amateur artists , Kylie now sits at her easel and loses herself in another world . |
| 22 | Diogenes , instead of building his own success and fulfilling himself , did the opposite and stripped himself of all pride so that there was no way anyone could hurt him . |
| 23 | Lee lifted herself a little towards her goddess and rested herself on one elbow , looking up like a child , expectant . |
| 24 | Because she knew he would be meeting her at the road alone , she had risen very early and bathed and scented herself with special care in her suite at the Continental Palace that morning . |
| 25 | Now here was this gifted sister , who had so many opportunities that he had been denied , apparently threatening to throw them all down the drain , and bury herself in some backwater in Africa . |
| 26 | Julie screamed again and threw herself to one side , hissing in pain as a silver of broken glass sliced through the flesh on the back of her left hand . |
| 27 | Next came the grafting in of the Preomnor , the second stomach seated within the chest that would let a Marine eat poisonous victuals , if need be , and nourish himself upon mere roughage . |
| 28 | Reduce your stress levels and get yourself in tip-top condition in this month 's fabulous competition ! |
| 29 | We visited the kitchen , were lectured to diet , closed our eyes and expressed ourselves to ethnic music and discussed who we were . |
| 30 | Before leaving Merchiston , she was presented with a bouquet of flowers by first year Hospitality Management student , Louise McLernan ; she discussed , with Louise and her class-mates , the level of commitment needed to give up work , as some of them had done , and devote themselves to full-time study . |