Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [noun pl] [v-ing] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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1 | In their horizontal distribution plants often follow soil patterning ( p. 77 ) , mosses , lichens and angiosperms aligning themselves along the cracks between polygons , with crustose lichens occupying the centres . |
2 | In one she lay spread-eagled on the tiled floor on which Trueman had met his death , with the playful nymphs and shepherds entwining themselves around her . |
3 | For the groups and associations promoting themselves as school subjects , and irresistibly drawn to claiming ‘ academic status ’ , a central criterion has been whether the subjects ' content could be tested by written examinations for an ‘ able ’ clientele . |
4 | ‘ The city is too easily stereotyped as a bleak and industrial wasteland full of flat-capped frustrated poets and musos consoling themselves with endless amounts of ale . |
5 | Bizarrely , the fun is punctuated by impromptu shower shows ( yes , really , the restaurant has two showers installed in telephone boxes ) of waterbabes and boys working themselves into a lather . |
6 | The general impression running through its pages was a riot of impunity , irresponsible parents , working mothers and lax discipline in schools , with magistrates and police believing themselves to be impotent before a rising tide of mischief and violence — particularly ‘ the recent serious increase of ruffianism among city youths ’ . |
7 | Tone regulating — filmogenic actions help prevent facial expressions and movements transforming themselves into visible signs of skin ageing . |