Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Woman gave him one look and then switched off the light and Doyle settled himself in the chair and sat silently in the shadows . |
| 2 | And Lisa hated herself for that . |
| 3 | She pitched forward into the flooded darkness of the interior , and Trent heaved himself after her . |
| 4 | Then between us we carried her to the river and rolled her in and Nour washed himself at the edge of the crocodile pool . |
| 5 | The king there is Abimelech , and Sarah finds herself in another royal harem . |
| 6 | I am certain Lorentz and Fitzgerald regarded themselves as realists , interpreting the experiment on the speed of light in terms of Newtonian ideas of absolute space and absolute time . |
| 7 | Scholes is not a Marxist , but his American cultural populism has affinities with recent Marxist writing ; at the same time , Hirsch and Scholes find themselves in unexpected agreement . |
| 8 | There was a gradual movement towards the door and Patrick allowed himself to be carried with it . |
| 9 | The McCullochs turned into their cottage with a brief good-night and Cameron , James , and Allan let themselves into the tall , silent house along the road . |
| 10 | His last book , Antonietta , published in 1991 , tells the story of a Stradivarius violin , and Hersey inserted himself as a character . |
| 11 | Inevitably , he bowled relentlessly on , never looked like getting anywhere , and the last four wickets put on 183 as Marshall , Harper and Holding enjoyed themselves at almost five an over . |
| 12 | Eye surgeons immediately accepted the new compound , and Alcon found itself with a worldwide monopoly . |
| 13 | His sympathies lay with the independents such as Henderson and Nixon ( who at one point in the 1930s constituted , in the absence of the nationalists , the official opposition at Stormont ) , but the Unionists had not yet shown the degree of liberalism they were to show under O'Neill in the 1960s and Paisley confined himself to promoting various ‘ ginger group ’ enterprises on the margins of politics . |
| 14 | Jotan raced off into the darkness , and Alexei , Jehana and Arkhina busied themselves around the cart , inventive in the face of necessity . |
| 15 | The notices were poor and Ken cocooned himself in one of those invisible cloaks that he believed protected him from any contact with the outside world . |
| 16 | ‘ Ice ? ’ he enquired , as he reached for a glass and Shiona seated herself in one of the armchairs . |
| 17 | And Shiona pressed herself against him , enthralled by the hard feel of him , her body responding to every little touch . |
| 18 | As she held her mother , she noticed how thin she 'd become and Hari blamed herself for not realizing sooner how sick mam was . |
| 19 | These were years of growth in power and status for the skilled unions of mid-Victorian Britain , and Applegarth established himself among the leading union personalities of his day . |
| 20 | After a while Harbury and Linda detached themselves from a group and carried their drinks over to join Rain . |
| 21 | And Maggie whisked herself down the stairs , out of the house and fifty yards along the street . |
| 22 | Whether by accident or design , they managed to go around without seeing any of the others and Maggie allowed herself to be selfish . |
| 23 | His tanned , muscled legs were dangling in the water and Ruth steadied herself by grasping them . |
| 24 | The United Kingdom will continue to develop our good relations with the Soviet Union and its republics , and to encourage their integration into the world economy ; and will work to help Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania re-establish themselves in the international community . |
| 25 | While Raymond of Toulouse remained in Outremer , Stephen and Hugh disgraced themselves in escaping from the siege of Antioch , and Robert Curthose , no matter how gallant , at least in his lifetime failed to impress , Robert II 's prestige soared to the skies . |
| 26 | The campaign to save a local arts centre starts innocently enough , but soon becomes the target for intimidation , and Jane finds herself in increasing danger as she uncovers layers of corruption that spread from an Oxford college to the Houses of Parliament . |
| 27 | Mostyn and Cheadle humped themselves up the stairs , and crashed into the Silver Shuriken , guns discharging . |
| 28 | We talked a little more , while Terry and Tom prepared themselves for the inevitable angry reaction from the guards and Brian lay down under an extra blanket as his body came to terms with the shock of the beating . |
| 29 | [ PAMELA and BELVILLE dress themselves for the Masquerade ; PAMELA as a Puritan girl and BELVILLE as a Spanish nobleman . |
| 30 | Hemmings nodded and Elaine pulled herself from her chair and saw them to the door . |