Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had me smashing my helmet against the car 's supporting struts on every corner and bracing myself with both legs against the bulkhead at every braking point . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , he was making friends of working men and trade unionists , and devoting himself to educational work . |
| 3 | All at once , Melanie was back home and swathing herself in diaphanous veiling before a mirror . |
| 4 | It begins with a human circle , linked by the little fingers , swaying and chanting themselves into deep trance with the eyes closed . |
| 5 | But Fatima was laughing and loving herself with crossed arms . |
| 6 | Yes , but ticky boxes , and expressing themselves in other |
| 7 | But the building boys managed to draw 2:2 in reply on April 21 doing an Oldham and redeeming themselves in one of the last games of the season . |
| 8 | Bracing his knees against the gunwale and steadying himself with one hand on the mizzen backstay , he prepared to relieve himself over the stern . |
| 9 | A day out shopping and treating myself to some new things |
| 10 | At the end of a meeting in Weimar , Germany , on Aug. 29 the German , French and Polish Foreign Ministers issued a joint declaration stressing the importance of their co-operation at an historic point in European development and committing themselves to such trilateral meetings at least once year . |
| 11 | Ego takes great pleasure in wallowing in self-pity , and defending itself against all charges , whatever the cost to others . |
| 12 | Instead their political energy was absorbed in enhancing the privileges of guild membership , seeking exemption from as many of the burdens of the ‘ service city ’ as possible , and distancing themselves from petty traders . |
| 13 | In doing so the student will not merely be preparing in the best possible way for his examination : he will also be developing his mind as a working instrument and preparing himself for legal practice . |
| 14 | They held their line and competed hard in midfield , damping down Oldham 's initial verve and preparing themselves for more of the same in the second half . |
| 15 | By eight-thirty , after putting the army to rights , and warming ourselves on one cup of tea after another , we were too cold to stay up . |
| 16 | Digital Equipment Corp executives remark that the Open Software Foundation better make some progress in the coming months stitching up the wounds of the old Unix wars and accommodating itself to new alliances or else it 's going to have a lot of trouble getting funding from its sponsors next year . |
| 17 | And exposing himself to that censorious and supercilious gaze ? |