Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although counting himself an enthusiastic Darwinian , he favoured a Lamarckian view of the evolutionary mechanism and was strongly influenced by the idealist trend in pre-Darwinian biology . |
| 2 | Or you might be better sitting down and ordering yourself a drink : the waiter may be gone some time . |
| 3 | Manningham was in full flood , downing his drink and pouring himself a fresh one . |
| 4 | More like the diabolical Guy , Virginia thought sourly , going distractedly into the kitchen and pouring herself a glass of mango juice . |
| 5 | ‘ Go on , what happened to the daughter of family friends ? ’ she prompted , blushing slightly , and pulling herself a little further away from his male shape . |
| 6 | As in the NUM strike of 1984 , the women have been the backbone of this struggle : dressed in camouflage and calling themselves the Daughters of Mother Jones , after the legendary union organiser from the turn of the century , they have walked the picket lines , sat in front of coal trucks , and been arrested . |
| 7 | But for the moment there is precious little good news from the brothers who built the world 's largest advertising agency from a standing start 19 years ago , in the process building Mrs Thatcher into a formidable vote-winner and doing themselves no end of good thereby . |
| 8 | And as Morse opened his passenger door , he stood for a while looking up at the Pole Star , and asking himself the question he had been asking for the past two hours : was there any way in which Downes could still have been the murderer after all ? |
| 9 | Taff continued talking in his very strong Welsh accent as he inspected the Bren , asking questions and giving himself the answers before I could get a word in . |
| 10 | He was listening to old Legion marching songs and giving himself the Nazi salute in the mirror . |
| 11 | The search operation implies units of soldiers taking a village apart , over-turning haystacks , looking under floor coverings and making themselves a thoroughly unpleasant nuisance ; any Protest would merit instant reprisal . |
| 12 | When she got downstairs she headed towards the back of the house , with the vague idea of finding the kitchen and making herself a drink . |
| 13 | ‘ And anyone else will say , ’ snapped Auguste , losing patience , and earning himself a warning look from Egbert . |
| 14 | But , along with everyone else , he had a tremendous game and played his part in one of Palace 's best-ever away performances in the old 3rd Division South , helping us to gain a splendid 3–2 victory and earning himself an accolade from Palace Manager , Ronnie Rooke , who said that Jack ‘ came through with flying colours ’ . |
| 15 | They show an African head and the story behind these is that during a battle in the 15th century , when all the Pucci adults were killed , an African slave hid a baby of the family under her garments and fled via an underground passage , thus saving the Pucci line and earning herself a place in the family 's heraldry . |
| 16 | Space-travel , science , the whole world waking up and stretching itself A new age is beginning . |
| 17 | And if that child is sensitive and caring and does not wish to hurt or disappoint his parents , perhaps he may even enter the medical profession and spend years doing something he does not really want to do while denying himself the opportunity of fulfilling his life in the way he would have chosen . |
| 18 | NOTTINGHAM condemned Rosslyn Park to almost certain relegation while giving themselves a glimmer of hope of survival in League One with their first victory of the season , based on three tries by flanker Martin Pepper and 18 points from outside-half Guy Gregory . |
| 19 | While making herself a light meal , though , she found she could n't stop dreaming about him . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I think I 'll have one , ’ said Brian , and Scarlet saw that things were even worse than they seemed , for now his tone was artificial : he was making conversation about something so trivial as pouring himself a drink . |