Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pn reflx] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sunday , then , ’ she said , and damned herself for the note of desperation in her voice . |
| 2 | They parked the vehicles and camouflaged themselves for the night , before settling down to cook . |
| 3 | Trapped in a nightmare of indecision , I reluctantly agreed and prepared myself for the worst . |
| 4 | Tippy lay back and prepared herself for the worst afternoon of her life . |
| 5 | He straightened his tie and steeled himself for the meeting . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | At this point she burst into tears and blamed herself for the break-up of their relationship . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | I climbed on to the shed roof and gathered myself for the jump . |