Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [pn reflx] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He flung the bedcovers off and stood up , shaking and staring wildly into the darkness , trying to identify the threat , knowing it had to be the Corsican and bracing himself for the shotgun blast that would cut him in half , disembowel him , blow his head off , send it bouncing across the floor of the bedroom . |
| 2 | All of them were sitting forward in their seats , as if bracing themselves for a collision . |
| 3 | ‘ Come in , ’ he called in a low voice , expecting Clare , and steeling himself for a long and exhausting reconciliation . |
| 4 | The eagles talked less now and fell into their own thoughts as if preparing themselves for the dark months ahead . |
| 5 | You think going out and killing oneself for a few shillings is normal to a Masai ? |
| 6 | I was once told that Philip Henry Thomas , while preparing himself for the Civil Service examination , had followed his period as a pupil-teacher with a post connected with the railways which were expanding rapidly in industrial South Wales in the 1860s and 1870s . |
| 7 | Patients will often be your greatest ally when testing yourself for the first time . |
| 8 | Accordingly , Angel One had drawn on his ninjutsu training when preparing himself for the arena , with the purpose of springing a nasty surprise on his twin enemies — the Executioner and the Controller — should the opportunity present itself before he was himself killed . |