Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A short bubble-ride up to 1850m brought us to L'Altipiano , where we fortified ourselves for the afternoon 's skiing with a lengthy and very enjoyable lunch . |
| 2 | In what was seen as a policy of high personal risk , he proposed himself for the post of Prime Minister ( Ivan Silayev having resigned in September — see p. 38416 ) . |
| 3 | The child 's parents , and especially his father , were perceived as the obstacle to a realization of his Oedipus wishes ; so his infantile ego fortified itself for the carrying out of the repression by erecting this same obstacle within itself . |
| 4 | We prepared ourselves for the experience by drinking half a bottle of brandy each — I was worried about him until then . |
| 5 | He straightened his tie and steeled himself for the meeting . |
| 6 | Certainly , as his mind prepared itself for the acceptance of the |
| 7 | She decided she would say it , noticed how her body rearranged itself for the tone that would come . |
| 8 | I prepared myself for the baton change as Mac set off on his leg , so I did not see what happened there . |
| 9 | The Chancellor gradually retired from acting as judge of first instance , and reserved himself for the Court of Appeal in Chancery and for the House of Lords . |
| 10 | Charles … allowed himself for the sake of a few thousand pounds to be regarded as a greedy and litigious landlord rather than as a just ruler or as a national king . |
| 11 | And the implications of that as the government readied itself for the privatisation of British Airways were too horrific to contemplate . |
| 12 | He blamed himself for the death of his friend , thinking that if he had n't used the ouija board , perhaps his friend would still be alive . |
| 13 | At this point she burst into tears and blamed herself for the break-up of their relationship . |
| 14 | She blamed herself for the way Tina was , though she did not know what she had done wrong , and she blamed herself for not trying harder to keep Tina in her house when she wanted to go off to Jarvis Stringer 's . |
| 15 | Biddy blamed herself for the crisis . |
| 16 | Kernaghan , seeking a transfer this summer from relegated Middlesbrough , said : ’ I 'm pleased and relieved because I blamed myself for the goal Albania scored against us in the last match . |
| 17 | ‘ Sunday , then , ’ she said , and damned herself for the note of desperation in her voice . |
| 18 | But even as he braced himself for the end , Robin took a remarkable last photograph of himself for his family . |
| 19 | For some strange reason she could n't seem to relinquish her hold on the chain and braced herself for the wrench she was sure would follow when fitzAlan started towards the castle gates . |
| 20 | They could n't avoid being seen together and she braced herself for the blast from Georg and from her parents . |
| 21 | The return of the Emperor to France and the subsequent declaration of war had been good for Harper 's trade ; a good hunter stolen from a Protestant plantation in Ireland would fetch a prime price in England where so many officers equipped themselves for the campaign . |
| 22 | I braced myself for the explosion but luckily it went between the wheels . |
| 23 | And braced myself for the deluge of his anger . |
| 24 | Buchan offered himself for the job , but Chapman valued him as a goalscorer , and the link-man role went to Andy Neil . |
| 25 | He anticipated and insured himself for the re-emergence of Richard Nixon from the political wilderness in 1968 , and correctly judged that Ronald Reagan would defeat Jimmy Carter in 1980 ( which was not such an inevitable result as the next eight years made it seem ) . |
| 26 | Sometimes , although she chided herself for the thought , it seemed as if in trying to be unselfish and giving him what he wanted , she had allowed herself to be turned into a sacrifice . |
| 27 | Instinctively her hand drew the sheet higher before she chided herself for the gesture . |
| 28 | She almost offered herself for the fight , the surrogate , the already-victorious . |
| 29 | I climbed on to the shed roof and gathered myself for the jump . |
| 30 | They parked the vehicles and camouflaged themselves for the night , before settling down to cook . |