Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of them were sitting forward in their seats , as if bracing themselves for a collision . |
| 2 | The eagles talked less now and fell into their own thoughts as if preparing themselves for the dark months ahead . |
| 3 | Oswald sat up , shaking his head as if freeing himself from a trance . |
| 4 | When his father was absent , he would come here himself and stand beside the pool , staring down into the water as if emptying himself into its depths , letting his thoughts become the fish , drifting , gliding slowly , almost listlessly in the water , then rising swiftly to breach the surface , imbued with sudden purpose . |
| 5 | Mosley kept aloof , as if reserving himself for better things , but Joyce stood with Jim Bailey , a furniture trader , for Shoreditch . |
| 6 | He gave a little start as if recalling himself to reality and said : |
| 7 | He frowned down for a few moments at the damp patch on the matting at his feet , then he shook his head , as if ridding himself of some unwelcome thought , and looked up at me again . |
| 8 | That ’ s our stupidity , ’ he said sadly as if unburdening himself of a great guilt . |