Example sentences of "and [verb] [pn reflx] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sunday , then , ’ she said , and damned herself for the note of desperation in her voice . |
| 2 | He had practiced putting on his kitchen floor at home during the winter to try and prepare himself for the greens . |
| 3 | For now , the Strongs wil just have to wait and prepare themselves for the next weekend that Purcell comes home . |
| 4 | They parked the vehicles and camouflaged themselves for the night , before settling down to cook . |
| 5 | ‘ Just go and lose yerself for a week , son . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | When the mobs rush forward in the Mall they are taking part in the last circus of a civilization that has lost faith in itself , and sold itself for a splendid triviality . |
| 8 | Trapped in a nightmare of indecision , I reluctantly agreed and prepared myself for the worst . |
| 9 | Tippy lay back and prepared herself for the worst afternoon of her life . |
| 10 | He straightened his tie and steeled himself for the meeting . |
| 11 | ‘ You ca n't just rent a villa or a flat overlooking the Med and install yourself for a peppercorn rent like people used to . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | At the branch of a St Lucia hotel , Doc pulls his face into a welcoming rictus and steels himself for the Happy Hour invasion . |
| 14 | At this point she burst into tears and blamed herself for the break-up of their relationship . |
| 15 | She refused the porter 's offer to crack open the bottle , and settled herself for a long wait . |
| 16 | I looked up at his face and braced myself for the inevitable blast . |
| 17 | And braced myself for the deluge of his anger . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ Come in , ’ he called in a low voice , expecting Clare , and steeling himself for a long and exhausting reconciliation . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | I climbed on to the shed roof and gathered myself for the jump . |
| 22 | He is suffering from the consequences of this accident and reproaches himself for the distress the family of the child is being put through . |
| 23 | In terms of er political views , or even those who have no political views , of ethnic make-up and everything of this kind and yet now it seems that at a time when our police forces above all , need to move into the present day and prepare themselves for the challenges of the crime and the criminals at the end of this century and into the next century , we seem to have some misgivings about giving the Home Secretary the powers which are placed in this Bill . |
| 24 | Only today matters , so forget about tomorrow , pack your bags , and prepare yourself for a magical holiday . |
| 25 | Those who were too shy or too inexperienced to pray on those occasions would meet together on a Saturday night to read , to pray and to prepare themselves for the following Sabbath day . |
| 26 | You think going out and killing oneself for a few shillings is normal to a Masai ? |
| 27 | She follows the ball and positions herself for every shot . |