Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pn reflx] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had prepared himself for the Stoics match in typical fashion the night before . |
| 2 | Whistling ‘ I 'm in the Mood for Love ’ , and rejecting the buzz of his telephone , he had prepared himself for the chase . |
| 3 | The fragment of the Quimper dish she had picked up from the dustpan on the kitchen floor that day when she and Thérèse had seen , when she saw , when the lady had shown herself for the second time . |
| 4 | In the bedroom she had done everything that Tom Horrocks had bidden her , reflexively , without panic ; yet she had known herself for the first time up against the frailty of the human organism — ; the mess of it , the degradation . |
| 5 | It was obvious that this was where Harry Mack had settled himself for the night . |
| 6 | Harry had settled himself for the night and then felt the need for a drink of water . |
| 7 | In effect , God had declared himself for the English and against the French . |
| 8 | The picture , measured by the statistics , has not changed significantly since the Budget a month ago , but consumers who had braced themselves for the biggest cut in living standards ever imposed at a single stroke suddenly find themselves spared . |