Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pn reflx] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is obviously intent upon amusing himself with two women . |
| 2 | Aligning itself with popular art , her previous production includes a cartoon strip expliqué of Wagner 's Ring cycle with rodent protagonists . |
| 3 | I hope that Marjorie is not just amusing herself with these children . |
| 4 | Amusing myself with such trivial thoughts , I waited for the rain to give up . |
| 5 | Over 200 species of birds have been seen anointing themselves with these substances . |
| 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 | As a child he had been unable to cope with the passions around him ; he had hidden himself away in books , consoling himself with golden reveries . |
| 8 | Pushing himself with indolent grace away from the door , Rourke came into the room and began to rummage about the shelves beneath the counter . |
| 9 | But Fatima was laughing and loving herself with crossed arms . |
| 10 | Modern instrumentalists elaborate Kautskly 's proposition that the capitalist class rules but does not itself govern , contenting itself with ruling successive governments , a claim which is commonly elaborated through a point-by-point critique of pluralism . |
| 11 | Chris Patten ( left ) and Michael Heseltine ( right ) : surrounding himself with such figures Major shows a measured approach |
| 12 | Surrounding himself with local knowledge was a form of entrenchment ; if you dig in and stare at a hill you can often persuade yourself you know what 's going on behind it . |
| 13 | Arthur and Geoff were already there and the ARP organist was surpassing himself with appropriate music . |
| 14 | Perhaps the upwardly mobile middle classes in 1990s Detroit are now surrounding themselves with postmodern houses and artefacts ! |
| 15 | We sat stuffing ourselves with smoked-salmon sandwiches , slurping Earl Grey , while she charmed and intimidated them with her stolen airs and purloined graces . |
| 16 | India 's fortunes changed dramatically as they won the next two Tests by large margins ; the third by 222 runs ( Chandrasekhar distinguishing himself with 6 for 52 in each innings with the ball and 0 in each innings with the bat ) , and the fourth by an innings and two runs . |
| 17 | But where Morse likes his real ale , 16-stone Guarnaccia just ca n't stop stuffing himself with real Italian cooking . |
| 18 | But eventually he was mollified and went on his way , drawing all eyes , swapping his watch for a cigar from a factory worker , feeling the maize cobs in the Iowa corn belt , stuffing himself with hot dogs before the television cameras . |
| 19 | Germany is now paying a price few other countries would have accepted for not providing itself with better citizenship and immigration laws in the calmer years before unification . |
| 20 | Jezrael hated being the only one there who wore a bodysuit but she would have hated more the embarrassment of displaying herself with all her imperfections to the crude and lumpen miners . |
| 21 | ‘ Stuffing themselves with unaccustomed goodies , too . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We love sunflower seeds ! ’ they all cried , and began stuffing themselves with big black seeds . |
| 23 | Whatever the size of land or terrace you have at your disposal , a little lateral thinking will prove that there are always ways and means of providing yourself with enough plant material to experiment with the very enjoyable pastime of pressing flowers . |
| 24 | Allying themselves with neighbouring tribes , the Nez Perce thwarted Blackfoot aggression in a period of desperate warfare . |
| 25 | Senior officials could carry on with the day-to-day business of the state without concerning themselves with any kind of specialist ministerial control . |
| 26 | Sucked into the bureaucracy of their organizations , they feel there are few opportunities for providing a unique contribution to profit , for distinguishing themselves with exceptional results . |
| 27 | Having accepted that she must wear it , Alexandra then set herself to dress for the pleasure of the Rectory children , throwing good taste to the winds and insisting upon hanging herself with all that glittered from the jewel box Aunt Emily had left her , its rose suede depths heaped with treasures from Richard Talbot . |
| 28 | By living with ‘ the woman ’ he was undeniably saddling himself with more expense , but consider the gains , he implored . |
| 29 | Bracing his knees against the gunwale and steadying himself with one hand on the mizzen backstay , he prepared to relieve himself over the stern . |
| 30 | He knelt on the floor , steadying himself with one hand . |