Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we have done to ourselves is to destroy the adventure of life by rooting ourselves to one spot in the physical sense , and demoralising ourselves by forcing the mind to spend its time on nuts and bolts and the rest of our shoddy interests , when it is thirsting for the trackless regions of the nomads . |
| 2 | Furthermore , any movement basing itself on one man , with an ideology of systematic hostility to parliamentary politics and of vocal nationalism , was bound to be classified on the extreme right . |
| 3 | I understand he 's ill. , Seating herself on one of the wooden chairs , she drew off her fine kid gloves and placed them on the table . |
| 4 | If you 're basing yourself at one campsite place an old groundsheet or plastic sheet under the tent . |
| 5 | ‘ Knowing you , ’ said Gay , ‘ you 'll never stop having adventures — and probably landing yourself in one dreadful pickle after another ! ’ |
| 6 | He had a brief memory of McAllister 's bright face , earlier that day , and the thought of enjoying himself with one of Madame Rachel 's girls did not attract . |
| 7 | He is also establishing himself as one of the best goalkeepers in English football . |
| 8 | FORMER jump jockey Micky Hammond is steadily establishing himself as one of the top dual purpose trainers in the North . |
| 9 | I would throw the ball hard against the wall , when it bounced back , take a ‘ controlled ’ kick , all the while imagining myself as one of my St. Martin 's heroes . |
| 10 | The incident precipitated three days of violence and looting that tarnished Miami 's reputation at a time when the city was preening itself for one of America 's premier sporting events , the Super Bowl . |
| 11 | He sat tensely , guarding himself for one false word or gesture that might dry her up . |
| 12 | To demonstrate the power of the animals , a fully grown man stands on the back of the 6-inch-long shrew , balancing himself on one leg . |
| 13 | But the building boys managed to draw 2:2 in reply on April 21 doing an Oldham and redeeming themselves in one of the last games of the season . |
| 14 | However , if you 've had years of not liking yourself for one reason or another , this can be very difficult . |
| 15 | Graham is boring himself in one of his car magazines |
| 16 | Supporting himself on one elbow he leaned over her . |
| 17 | Propping himself on one elbow , he leaned over her . |
| 18 | Bracing his knees against the gunwale and steadying himself with one hand on the mizzen backstay , he prepared to relieve himself over the stern . |
| 19 | He knelt on the floor , steadying himself with one hand . |
| 20 | Elise Fox , happily unmarried at thirty-two , was rarely without an escort , but never showed the least sign of tying herself to one man for good . |
| 21 | But because a survey is a personal matter and a personal responsibility , you ought to insist on meeting the surveyor first before committing yourself to one particular firm . |
| 22 | It 's best to ‘ shop around ’ before committing yourself to one company . |
| 23 | This way you may be able to get a taste of different or unusual working environments before committing yourself to one or the other . |
| 24 | By eight-thirty , after putting the army to rights , and warming ourselves on one cup of tea after another , we were too cold to stay up . |
| 25 | GRAHAM GOOCH is preparing himself for one last big effort as an England Test captain on a foreign field . |
| 26 | She found two seats free not far from the Lorrimores and , putting herself on one chair and her handbag on the other , said with bonhomie to the elderly couple already occupying the table , ‘ I 'm Daffodil Quentin . |
| 27 | Originally rivals , they have succeeded in identifying themselves with one another by means of a love for the same object . |
| 28 | The best way of doing this was by attaching themselves to one of their country 's missions abroad , serving in it in a junior and normally unpaid capacity and thus acquiring experience of diplomatic methods and routines as well as of a foreign country . |
| 29 | But he did not wait for a reply before throwing himself to one side as a sabre whistled down and buried itself deep in the brickwork of the window sill where he had been sitting . |
| 30 | Settling himself in one of the big , shabby armchairs , Tug gazed suspiciously at the television screen and waited for a picture to appear . |