Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [pn reflx] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly , the guide bent down , as if to steel himself for the fight . |
| 2 | The eagles talked less now and fell into their own thoughts as if preparing themselves for the dark months ahead . |
| 3 | I was once told that Philip Henry Thomas , while preparing himself for the Civil Service examination , had followed his period as a pupil-teacher with a post connected with the railways which were expanding rapidly in industrial South Wales in the 1860s and 1870s . |
| 4 | Patients will often be your greatest ally when testing yourself for the first time . |
| 5 | Accordingly , Angel One had drawn on his ninjutsu training when preparing himself for the arena , with the purpose of springing a nasty surprise on his twin enemies — the Executioner and the Controller — should the opportunity present itself before he was himself killed . |