Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though there have been some disappointments , the Greens in this country and in Europe are very far from extinct , and are consolidating and reforming themselves to be more effective . |
| 2 | Thus completed , he signed the form ‘ accepting and submitting himself to the statutes , rules , regulations and ordinances of McGill University and of the Faculty or Faculties in which I am registered , and to any amendments thereto which may be made while I am a student of the university and I promise to observe the same . ’ |
| 3 | A few minutes , and Aldhelm would have been stirring and hauling himself to his feet . |
| 4 | Her trembling body was curving and lifting itself to the hardness of his in obedience to the quickening in her loins , a fierily hollow quivering , the force at the centre of a storm of sensation . |
| 5 | It might be very unwise to accost him , to ask him just what he thought he was doing — trespassing and helping himself to food . |
| 6 | Styles of dress , hairstyles , musical interests , speech and language use , leisure activities , and values are among the characteristics that teenagers appear to learn , in part , by watching and comparing themselves to others in their group . |
| 7 | A day out shopping and treating myself to some new things |