Example sentences of "bracing [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 | while country areas were bracing themselves for the influx of tragic refugees or louse-infested slave labour , depending on the children 's luck . |
| 5 | MINISTERS are bracing themselves for the release of unemployment figures on Thursday which are expected to go over the three million mark . |