Example sentences of "and [verb] [pn reflx] for " 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 | Eva found herself about four rows back , wondering what was to happen next and chiding herself for not thinking to check beforehand . |
| 6 | ‘ Just go and lose yerself for a week , son . |
| 7 | He went into the college hall , and registered himself for matriculation among a rowdy assembly of students younger than himself ; and came out into the street to find that it had started to rain . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There was also alarm about the practice of " occasional conformity " ( whereby Nonconformists were able to evade the provisions of the Test and Corporation Acts and qualify themselves for civil office through the occasional attendance at Anglican communion ) and the growth of Dissenting academies ( which trained future generations of Nonconformist ministers and thus helped to perpetuate the religious schism ) . |
| 11 | But they did learn to be less worried about it , and to accept themselves for what they were , with their mutual hang-ups , weaknesses and strengths . |
| 12 | She felt a sharp pang at the thought that he could n't possibly desire her , and scolded herself for feeling like that . |
| 13 | The long line of leading Conservatives on the platform fixed their faces into expressions of interested concern , and prepared themselves for what could only turn out to be a surfeit of oratory . |
| 14 | He grabbed hold of the net and prepared himself for when the giant eel came thrashing into sight . |
| 15 | Trapped in a nightmare of indecision , I reluctantly agreed and prepared myself for the worst . |
| 16 | Tippy lay back and prepared herself for the worst afternoon of her life . |
| 17 | He straightened his tie and steeled himself for the meeting . |
| 18 | If you have a car crash , then yes , you did create or allow it , but do n't blame and harass yourself for that . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | I think about it a couple of hundred times a day and kick myself for not staying right there . |
| 21 | And hated himself for depending on it . |
| 22 | There was a white line around his mouth and he was watching her with undisguised lust , as if he wanted her and hated himself for being so human . |
| 23 | ‘ No , ’ I said , and hated myself for telling the untruth , but I was thinking of my own boat standing propped on the sand of Straker 's Cay , and I thought of all the work I had lavished on Masquerade , and of all the love and care and time I had poured into her , and I tried to imagine her rotting under the tropical sun with her paint peeling , her deck planks opening and her timbers riddled with termites . |
| 24 | If you 're back in time , come round , ’ she suggested , and hated herself for grovelling . |
| 25 | Doubtless while our noble lords and masters stand back and applaud themselves for winning yet another battle . ’ |
| 26 | I doubted it because whatever the efficacy of Dr Gyggle 's treatment and however convincing his explanation of how a lonely and fucked-up boy built up a delusion both to compensate for the lack of a father and punish himself for his own Oedipal crime , I still could n't convince myself that I was entirely rid of my mage . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | At the branch of a St Lucia hotel , Doc pulls his face into a welcoming rictus and steels himself for the Happy Hour invasion . |
| 29 | The next morning I awoke early and tidied myself for school . |
| 30 | While he waited for the bath to fill he went through the whole scene again in his head and congratulated himself for staying so calm . |