Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 'd been yet another cancelled lesson only today and Ronni was feeling even angrier and edgier than ever as , just after lunchtime , she made her way down the garden towards the villa 's private little jetty , a corner she had n't explored before , to try and calm herself with a breath of air . |
| 2 | He had practiced putting on his kitchen floor at home during the winter to try and prepare himself for the greens . |
| 3 | He cared enough about his loathsome , drunken and violent third wife , Mayo Methot , not to leave her until he knew she had gone to the furthest extremes to try and cure herself of the alcoholism that threatened to ruin both their lives . |
| 4 | She bounced and cuddled herself into half a dozen bright scatter cushions . |
| 5 | ‘ In particular , over and above their local roles , councils are located and locate themselves in what may be termed the ‘ national local government system ’ ' ( Dunleavy , 1980a , p. 105 ) . |
| 6 | He stopped talking as Marshka entered and wheeled himself into the empty space at the table , at that end farthest , on the right-hand side , from the president . |
| 7 | The effects of the Great Depression and a renewed possibility of war in Europe in the 1930s made most Americans all the more determined to isolate and insulate themselves from the quarrels and atavism of the nations of Europe . |
| 8 | On closer inspection the bundle of rags rose and revealed itself to be a woman , filthy dirty , her skin so grimy she was almost invisible in the gloom . |
| 9 | He ‘ made ’ this year 's Grand National winner , according to trainer Nick Gaselee , teaching the equine giant , nicknamed the Monster Muncher , how to jump and handle himself in a race . |
| 10 | After I turned the engine off and opened the door , I found my legs had turned to blancmange and moulded themselves into a sitting position . |
| 11 | He bent and twisted himself before it , jerking suddenly this way and that , as if he were lying in wait for disease , determined to pounce on it before it could strike . |
| 12 | The merit of this , as we have seen , is that we are led to examine the ways in which this ‘ objective ’ economic class comes to persist and reproduce itself as a self-consciously ‘ lived ’ social entity . |
| 13 | On the whole , acting in isolation is a peculiar feature of the audition system , which is why the pieces you choose in either the classic or modern text need to be reasonably well contained and lend themselves to being performed as a one man show . |
| 14 | Then the minister deigned to appear and defended himself by saying he had once come out to a stranger who called , but the man proved to be ‘ a little worth person ’ . |
| 15 | The Catholics , too , organised and armed themselves in anticipation of a Protestant backlash or about-turn by the security forces . |
| 16 | But Fatima was laughing and loving herself with crossed arms . |
| 17 | In some African tribes women gather together , apart from men , laughing and enjoying themselves during their time apart . |
| 18 | Though there have been some disappointments , the Greens in this country and in Europe are very far from extinct , and are consolidating and reforming themselves to be more effective . |
| 19 | For our Christian message to grow and spread we have to learn to know and share ourselves with each other . |
| 20 | With all her strength , she forced herself to stand and threw herself around the corner . |
| 21 | This network of friendship and patronage became one of the less objectionable instruments of nineteenth-century electoral corruption and the instrument with which the small man met and defended himself against the state . |
| 22 | Hall uses the Marxist philosopher Althusser and the social psychology of Laclau to argue that politics is not just about individuals and social groups pursuing their immediate material interests ; it is also about how they imagine and identify themselves in relation to the wider social world . |
| 23 | What they must do is relearn to choose and commit themselves to the consequences of their choice . |
| 24 | I stood and looked at it and it came and rubbed itself against my leg . |
| 25 | She stood her ground — he came and planted himself in front of her . |
| 26 | He came and threw himself on our bed , shaking all over . |
| 27 | Deep as a well , and for all his strength and prowess — for he could hold his own with any boy of his age , afoot or on horseback , when he chose — looking and bearing himself like a clerk , and sometimes even like a clerk in orders . |
| 28 | Through the manipulation of doles in times of dearth , the putting up of prizes for sports and the supplying of beer for calendrical and special festivities , together with an elaborate and conscious " social theatre " of ceremony , the gentry were able to rule and distance themselves from the consequences of their own exploitation . |
| 29 | Third , you are aiming to create an atmosphere in the interview which will encourage the candidates to talk and show themselves to best advantage . |
| 30 | The air in the passage stirred and folded itself about her . |