Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pn reflx] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | MUR ON TIG WON The disagreeable experience of listening to oneself in the middle of a long speech and neither understanding what one is saying nor enjoying the manner in which it is being said ; a foreign accent ; a lion breaking wind after the evening repast |
| 2 | I kept looking at myself in the glass . |
| 3 | He ran a glass under the kitchen tap , then returned to the living room and , looking at himself in the full-length mirror all the while , stood there naked , shaking violently as if with cold , and poured himself and drank three glasses of water without stopping . |
| 4 | He wandered off round the room , looking at himself in the mirrors and pulling faces and laughing . |
| 5 | No , Kathleen thought , looking at herself in the mirror , at her own , pale face , no , she is not afraid , that is not it , Isabel has never known fear . |
| 6 | She was looking at herself in the full-length mirror by the side of the bed , pulling great lumps out of her stomach and grimacing at her own image . |
| 7 | Looking at herself in the mirror she saw that her eyes were swollen and her face blotchy . |
| 8 | And then when she was fully dressed , she shut the closet door over and stood looking at herself in the mirror which was on the other side . |
| 9 | Looking at herself in the looking-glass on the stairs she saw how small and pink her eyes looked , their lids still puffy and her skin was tired and lifeless . |
| 10 | Looking at herself in the mirror , she was very satisfied . |
| 11 | She combed her hair , looking at herself in the mirror . |
| 12 | I ca n't think of a time when I would be going by myself in the near future . |
| 13 | There was no sound except for a pigeon burbling to itself in the road , pecking at horse-dung . |
| 14 | The 2/2 Independent Company could now fulfil this role because they had remained a cohesive force , not just as a result of their training and leadership but in no small measure because these were men used to living in dry country and capable of fending for themselves in the basic departments of survival . |
| 15 | Her shriek awakened the house , and Coleridge , who had been asleep when his father returned , knew at once what it signified , saying to himself in the darkness , ‘ Papa is dead . ’ |
| 16 | Staring at myself in the mirror . |
| 17 | I flush the lot down the toilet , staring at myself in the mirror , trembling . |
| 18 | He was still staring at himself in the mirror , seeing himself for the first time as a man , not a boy . |
| 19 | And she 's sitting in a peculiar way , staring at herself in the mirror . ’ |
| 20 | Dawn Allenby was standing in her coat and headscarf staring at herself in the mirror . |
| 21 | She was staring at herself in the mirror in the curtained dressing-room , wondering what a certain gentleman might do and say if he were to see her in it , when she became aware of hushed voices in the salon outside . |
| 22 | Boro must find self-motivation at unfashionable Southend after playing above themselves in the Rumbelows Cup semi-final at Manchester United in midweek . |
| 23 | From the moment children become active they seem to be falling over themselves in the pursuit of adventure . |
| 24 | From the moment children become active they seem to be falling over themselves in the pursuit of adventure . |
| 25 | she were talking to herself in the end ! |
| 26 | ‘ There the beastly thing goes again ! ’ she grumbled under her breath , grimacing at herself in the mirror as she caught the faint hum and slight clattering sound from the living-room , where the machine was clearly spewing forth yet more reams of urgent letters and company reports from all over the world . |
| 27 | Sitting by herself in the kitchen with coffee , looking at the golden forsythia she was aglow with health , energy , accomplishment . |
| 28 | She hated their untidy house and noisy children , and preferred playing by herself in the garden . |
| 29 | Annie recalls , in fictional form , the event which led to the rift in their friendship , apparently referring to herself in the third person . |
| 30 | He never shared their meals , eating by himself in the parlour with Miss Evans waiting on him , but sometimes he would come into the kitchen while they were having their tea and say , ‘ Well , Caroline , it 's a fine day for the race , is n't it ? ’ |