Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we still went on enjoying ourselves immensely for the officers handed us chocolates and were very kind . |
| 2 | Oh yes , I was told , providing we did n't mind tucking ourselves away in a converted cow shed . |
| 3 | His spirit had not been broken ; rather he was afraid of tearing himself apart with the involuntary jerking of one side of his limbs in the opposite direction to the other . |
| 4 | He had no desire to defeat boredom by provoking political excitement and keeping himself constantly at a stretch . |
| 5 | He kept twisting himself on to the side of his affected lung , but did not wake when I altered his position . |
| 6 | He 's not naturally aggressive — he 's not a friend of John Major 's for nothing — and he 's not nasty enough ; he 's been trying , no doubt psyching himself up in the mirror in the mornings — ‘ I will be beastly to them ! |
| 7 | Rain knew Oliver was picturing himself back in the wine bar in Chelsea telling everyone how he 'd been mistaken for a drug dealer and nearly done to death in a Mediterranean backstreet by an underworld rival . |
| 8 | What , after all , is the difference between a priest acting in the highest sense of his vocation , or a prophet compelled into declamation , or such a saint ( even unknowing ) , opening himself up to the mercies of God , becoming a channel for them to the world ? |
| 9 | ‘ Now then , ’ he said , crouching under the eave and seating himself comfortably at the foot of his bed , ‘ what 's it all about , eh ? ’ |
| 10 | The water level drops and then , woosh , up it all comes , first rising like a column — at this stage it looks like a vaguely blue shaggy ink cap toadstool — then blasting itself apart in a flourish of steam . |
| 11 | It allows the vehicle to manoeuvre without tearing itself apart on the back axle . |
| 12 | It moved sinuously , dancing round its adversary , thrusting with a slender spear and protecting itself gracefully with a brightly-polished shield . |
| 13 | The fringing reef came into view as well : a ragged line of breakers , huge walls of spume and the ocean hurling itself relentlessly against the coral . |
| 14 | You can watch the newsreader 's lips getting into gear , like Fatima Whitbread psyching herself up for the big throw . |
| 15 | Perdita cried unashamedly after they left , fleeing to her bare room and hurling herself down on the pink counterpane . |
| 16 | Neither of them now took notice of Aggie 's returning to the room and seating herself down on the leather couch . |
| 17 | ‘ I love you — naught else matters , ’ she said , moving away and seating herself demurely on the furskin rug in front of the fire . |
| 18 | They have put forward their nine-year coach Laurie Mains , and are winding themselves up to the point of wanting him as coach , first-up . |
| 19 | It is unhelpful if Ministers or others speaking on the right hon. Gentleman 's behalf suggest that internment will not be used or that it is not a viable and justifiable means of dealing with those whose training and speciality is keeping themselves out of the courts and out of the hands of those on whom we depend to impose justice for the deaths that have occurred in Northern Ireland . |
| 20 | Separate toilets for younger children , staggered playtimes or separate playgrounds for under-fives also mark schools that are really gearing themselves up to the educational needs of these younger pupils . |
| 21 | After a disastrous period of neglect when Glaswegians preferred Costa del Sol to this island of Bute abounding ‘ in pleasing scenes ’ , the ‘ stately hotels ’ and ‘ comfortable villas ’ , though older and a bit worn , are sprucing themselves up as the visitors , still almost exclusively Glaswegian , are coming back . |
| 22 | Some plasmids are capable of splicing themselves seamlessly into a chromosome . |
| 23 | In other words a good mirror signal manoeuvre routine , however you apply it but in a particular order , which gives a discipline , so that you 're keeping yourselves out of the problems that other people may give you if you allow them to . |
| 24 | The knack in dowsing is to be in the right frame of mind , not caring too much what answer you get , but at the same time having a clear idea of what you are looking for , otherwise you are opening yourself up to a very wide ‘ waveband ’ and things will get very confused . |
| 25 | But Clinton 's nationwide image as untrustworthy refuses to fade , while the insurgent Brown is enjoying himself hugely as the slash-and-burn anti-everybody candidate who knows he will never have to fulfil his outlandish promises . |
| 26 | ‘ Now I come to think of it , ’ he said , easing himself down into the depths of his very easy chair , ‘ that Mrs Entwhistle from the corner said there was something about your dad in one of the Sunday papers , I do n't remember which . ’ |
| 27 | Jesus pushed himself off and floated rapidly around the Lift , bringing himself expertly to a stop less than a metre from the slight form of Christine LaFayette . |
| 28 | ‘ Wants attention , he does , ’ murmured Tom , drawing himself away from the window . |
| 29 | When he rose from his knees , helping himself up by the rim of her altar , newly draped in celebration of her return , and expectation of her continued residence , he did not at once leave her . |
| 30 | There is another , more subtle effect of exercise which is to be gained from pushing ourselves periodically to the limits of our endurance , and beyond . |