Example sentences of "[v-ing] himself for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Green Gartside sighs and lights another cigarette , bracing himself for the inevitable criticism . |
| 2 | He was still staring at himself in the mirror , seeing himself for the first time as a man , not a boy . |
| 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 | Mahoney sucked in a deep breath , preparing himself for the next round of questions . |
| 5 | Samuel Pipkin was tensing himself for the coming life and death struggle this evening , when the vital decision would be made by the Prince of Wales , and Mr Thackeray would be avenged . |
| 6 | In his turn , Tran Van Hieu knelt to perform the same silent acts of obeisance as the older man , but after prostrating himself for the third time , he remained on his knees and to his children 's surprise began to pray aloud . |