Example sentences of "brace [pn reflx] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Green Gartside sighs and lights another cigarette , bracing himself for the inevitable criticism . |
| 2 | He flung the bedcovers off and stood up , shaking and staring wildly into the darkness , trying to identify the threat , knowing it had to be the Corsican and bracing himself for the shotgun blast that would cut him in half , disembowel him , blow his head off , send it bouncing across the floor of the bedroom . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , where do you want to start ? ’ she asked , bracing herself for the questions to come . |
| 4 | But even as he braced himself for the end , Robin took a remarkable last photograph of himself for his family . |
| 5 | Knowing that it would annoy Geoffrey , Anthony braced himself for the ensuing argument . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They could n't avoid being seen together and she braced herself for the blast from Georg and from her parents . |
| 8 | I looked up at his face and braced myself for the inevitable blast . |
| 9 | And braced myself for the deluge of his anger . |
| 10 | I braced myself for the explosion but luckily it went between the wheels . |
| 11 | I brace myself for the sight of the posters , unrolled and exposed , and the dole cards . |
| 12 | Brace yourself for the impact . |
| 13 | while country areas were bracing themselves for the influx of tragic refugees or louse-infested slave labour , depending on the children 's luck . |
| 14 | MINISTERS are bracing themselves for the release of unemployment figures on Thursday which are expected to go over the three million mark . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Christie 's braced themselves for the golf fanatics for their 19 February sale , which featured three paintings by Sir John Lavery , one of them being a vista of the famous Golf Links , North Berwick ( est. $60–80,000 ) , which sold to London dealer Titus Kendall for $110,000 ( £63,200 ) . |