Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun pl] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pulled away a little , opening her eyes to find herself cradled on Penry 's lap like a child . |
| 2 | Utterly ignoring her struggles to free herself , he slid one hand beneath her hair to cup the back of her neck , and pulled her face to within a couple of inches of his own . |
| 3 | She tried to follow and almost fell down the stairs , gritting her teeth to prevent herself passing out . |
| 4 | Partner Ferdinand has had his back to the wall in the last few months , a troublesome disc plaguing his attempts to establish himself last spring and resulting in him coming home early from America . |
| 5 | To deal with this , a group of merchants who wanted to trade in a particular part of the world would ask the monarch for a charter allowing them a monopoly of bringing goods from their chosen region into England , giving them rights to defend themselves against pirates and bandits with their own armed force , and letting them settle legal problems that would otherwise have to wait years until they got back to England . |
| 6 | I do n't like , just , I could n't be like Deirdre and , put me overall on and in go in without collecting me thoughts getting myself together Deirdre never arrives till about three minutes before she gets in the door , she 's putting her overall on saying come on ladies , its time were , but she 's putting her overall and on , and they all sit there looking at her and so |
| 7 | He returned to the quayside , content for a time to walk up and down , allowing his thoughts to marshal themselves . |
| 8 | Using his hands to steady himself , he managed to free his leg from the sucking morass . |