Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had no aspirations to be patrons of the arts and to regale themselves like proletarian Ludwig IIs with grand opera or private performances of the classics . |
| 2 | He was listening to old Legion marching songs and giving himself the Nazi salute in the mirror . |
| 3 | One species of beetle in Brazil , when alarmed , immediately folds up its legs and flattens itself sideways , exposing its white underside and so takes on the appearance of a bird dropping . |
| 4 | Somersaulting before he reached the opposite side of the recreation room , Rostov flexed his legs and allowed himself to come gently to rest . |
| 5 | I caught it with the catapult , the thick black tubing of the rubber twisting once in the air as I scissored my hands and fell back , letting the buck go over my head and then kicking with my legs and turning myself so that I was level with it where it lay , kicking and struggling with the power of a wolverine , spreadeagled on the sand slope with its neck caught in the black rubber . |
| 6 | However , she was prepared to go along with the advisory teacher 's point of view in the sessions and reassured herself concerning her own fears by using whole-class lessons to reinforce what she felt pupils should have discovered . |
| 7 | Husbands and wives would spill juicy tidbits about their personal peccadilloes to a refined occultist during private sessions and find themselves being charmingly blackmailed . |
| 8 | when we do use our staff , we have the advantage that they are not restricted to a fixed location , but are mobile within districts and organise themselves with minimum supervision and are already capable of using high productivity equipment . |
| 9 | I go up the steps in two effortless bounds and let myself in . |
| 10 | Most foals are playful , but like other animals and even ourselves , as they mature and the years go by this characteristic diminishes . |
| 11 | Her head swam ; she shut her eyes and pressed herself against the wall , fighting to steady herself for the return trip , struggling to contain an urge to vomit . |
| 12 | With that Geoffrey promptly put the Panama back over his eyes and muttered himself nearly back to sleep again . |
| 13 | She also owed about £700 in vet bills , but to save money she looked after their ears , eyes and claws herself . |
| 14 | Claudia Yeo closed her eyes and forced herself to speak to the empty space behind the desk . |
| 15 | With a sigh , she leaned against it , laying down her champagne glass , then closed her eyes and forced herself to breathe deeply and slowly . |
| 16 | Now there was no choice but to raise her eyes and let herself see the house . |
| 17 | As their two entwined bodies bobbed like corks in the water , Ronni closed her eyes and let herself melt against him . |
| 18 | — When Manjiku comes , she shuts her eyes and lets herself fall down his throat past the barbed teeth and come down to land in the foul bilgewater in his gut . |
| 19 | She closed her tired , bloodshot eyes and saw herself again as a young woman , buxom and pregnant , set down in wild bush country , her only asset a husband as young and as strong as herself . |
| 20 | Annie asked , looking briefly into his eyes and reminding herself that she must not prolong the conversation . |
| 21 | Close your eyes and imagine yourself somewhere in five years ' time . |
| 22 | Close your eyes and imagine yourself in a bookshop . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought I could handle it — but the very next day we 'd been sightseeing and returned to our suite and I looked into your eyes and felt myself drowning . |
| 24 | She looked into his eyes and felt herself drowning . |
| 25 | We visited the kitchen , were lectured to diet , closed our eyes and expressed ourselves to ethnic music and discussed who we were . |
| 26 | Close your eyes and make yourself comfortable . |
| 27 | She found herself reaching out to touch him in return , closed her eyes and told herself to stop , but could n't . |
| 28 | She closed her eyes and told herself that that was simply succumbing to a whim , but why not ? |
| 29 | I open my eyes and push myself up . |
| 30 | I mean I would open my eyes and see myself like that , wake up and then I 'd bounce off the bed and then I 'd sit there bouncing and , and but I have n't had that in a long time and wh when I thought now a lot of times , if I think that I leave either the front door unlocked , my house unlocked or the garage door open I go and actually check that in the middle of the night . |