Example sentences of "and [noun pl] and [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would sip sherry or port , nibble at the nuts and raisins and allow themselves to wallow in the warm softness . |
| 2 | More , the fact that this being , Homo sapiens , is from the moment of birth aware of itself in relation to others , and experiences and defines itself in such a relational mode , suggests the universal , pre-cultural basis of a relational concept that appears to occur in one form or another in all human cultural systems : the complementarity of Self and Other ; Us and Them . |
| 3 | Was n't it time to put aside her fears and insecurities and give herself up to the heady delight of love and passion ? |
| 4 | He removed his jacket , trousers , shirt , tie and underclothes and studied himself in the mirror . |
| 5 | You can learn about rackets and strings and save yourself a lot of money in future years as well as developing a new skill which will help your confidence . |
| 6 | ‘ We will review the matter at that stage ’ he said , adding that ‘ henceforth Mr O'Reilly will conduct his business within the rules and regulations and acquaint himself with these regulations . ’ |
| 7 | The four children invented imaginary countries and characters and threw themselves fiercely into it . |
| 8 | But to sit here , like one of the effeminate fools smirking over there or , worse still , like Antonini and Ferrante and the others he 'd spotted , who boasted of the conquests they made of the long-legged girls who dreamed of jewels and furs and sold themselves so easily — to sit here , to even be in the same room with such men , made him feel filthy . |
| 9 | We insist on an area of personal moral sovereignty within which each of us may prefer the interests of family and friends and devote himself to projects that are selfish , however grand . |
| 10 | While most people might be familiar with throwing out mouldy bread and mouldy cheese , like my friends all around me , I was continually having to throw out mouldy furniture , clothes and toys and found myself having to choose between feeding my hungry children or hungry fuel meters which kept demanding more and more money . |
| 11 | They accumulate responsibilities and commitments and confine themselves to drink and cigarettes . |
| 12 | He snaps and frets and worries himself into a frenzy . |
| 13 | Brundle is , however , merely warming up the brakes and tyres and re-acquainting himself with the lines of his old home track . |
| 14 | At the Day School the science tutors left behind their spectrometers , computers and chemicals and equipped themselves with whisks , wine and tantalising samples of their edible ‘ experiments ’ . |