Example sentences of "[pn reflx] for [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was less prominent in the action than William Craig and he felt sufficiently distanced from it to be able to absent himself for a few days in the first week of the strike when he went to Canada to attend a funeral . |
| 2 | He read to himself for a few minutes while William perused the review section , but his agitation could not long be contained in silence . |
| 3 | I found a piece of blue-grey silk for the background , to tone in with the recipient 's decor , and selected the wooden frame and the gold tones in the picture itself for the same reason . |
| 4 | Her father 's belief that people made their own luck was true , Cora-Beth thought , when by lunchtime the following day Harry had finished his business with the architect and her ruse to have him to herself for a few hours paid off . |
| 5 | She leaned back against him , revelling in the strength and warmth of his body , allowing herself for a few luxurious moments the unaccustomed joy of feeling secure in his embrace . |
| 6 | She needed to keep it all to herself for a few hours — hours in which she could live that precious time over and over again , recall his kisses , his voice and , above all , the look in his eyes . |
| 7 | You think going out and killing oneself for a few shillings is normal to a Masai ? |