Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [verb] [pn reflx] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pascoe tried to stop himself stiffening to a seated attention position and could n't quite manage it . |
| 2 | But instead of announcing free and fair elections to these powerful bodies , Mr Ishaq has occupied himself manipulating the most important of them , that in Punjab . |
| 3 | Bernice woke to find herself lying outside the temple . |
| 4 | Bernice had found herself resenting their casual familiarity . |
| 5 | Hurrying to make up time , Manville had cut himself shaving , and the cluttered bathroom medicine cabinet had stubbornly refused to yield up the secret whereabouts of the styptic pencil . |
| 6 | Paul Thorfinnsson woke to find himself lying , his hair whipping his face , in the arms of someone who was running . |
| 7 | Until recently Chandler have busied themselves producing guitar parts and accessories — everything from high-quality necks and exotic wood bodies to various pickups and just about every guitar-orientated nut and bolt you can think of . |
| 8 | Shaun 's last years at school had been difficult he 'd even taken a swing at a teacher at one point — and he 'd earned a reputation for the motherless Hammond boys that Wayne had found himself sharing even though he 'd done nothing to earn it . |
| 9 | In recent well-publicised cases , SSDs have found themselves paying compensation to victims of crimes committed by young people in their care . |
| 10 | But within a few hours Mal was suffering exhaustion and Bill had injured himself falling on diamond-hard green ice on the Lhotse Face . |
| 11 | The other main reason is that , having been sidelined by Neil Kinnock last year into the job of transport , Mr Prescott has found himself appearing on the early-evening television and radio bulletins more often than any other member of the Shadow Cabinet . |
| 12 | And then , when that clearly had n't worked , Laura had found herself lapsing into a sullen , resentful attitude , defiantly refusing to have anything to do with the beastly old woman . |
| 13 | An elderly female novelist had come in at a quarter to six and Penelope had found herself trying to explain why her latest novel had not been reviewed in the Sunday Telegraph , why it had not been advertised more widely , why copies had not been displayed on the bookstall of a friend 's local station , why it had not yet been reprinted . |
| 14 | On the contrary , time and again Ashley had found herself thinking about Vitor 's looks , that purring accent , those first moments when they had first met . |
| 15 | There was no reason for Jennifer to know and it would probably only upset her , but Rachel did find herself wondering about Jennifer 's previous relationship with David Markham . |
| 16 | While in Mexico , Penn had found himself wielding not just his paintbrush but also the camera , and Liberman , fascinated by the results , nurtured Penn 's developing interest and gave him his first commission — a still-life cover for Vogue , October 1943 . |
| 17 | While in Mexico , Penn had found himself wielding not just the paintbrush but also the camera , and Liberman , fascinated by the results , nurtured Penn 's developing interest and gave him his first commission — a still-life cover for Vogue , October 1943 . |