Example sentences of "he [vb past] [v-ing] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something Flynn had once said to him kept repeating itself in his mind . |
| 2 | In so doing , he avoided committing himself too early externally and , at the same time , remained above the fray at home . |
| 3 | It would be a long time before he stopped despising himself for having succumbed to a purely physical attraction , and that towards a woman he despised . |
| 4 | He began throwing himself about in his wild efforts to pop |
| 5 | He enjoyed educating himself in the things he wanted to know about . |
| 6 | He kept telling himself that he was as good as anyone around . |
| 7 | He supposed that she had to be somewhere and he reminded himself that they were n't supposed to be together so what did it matter , but still he kept catching himself scanning the crowd for her . |
| 8 | His object was to persuade Edouard — not persuade , he kept reminding himself , tell ! who was the baron de Chavigny after all ? — to invest in further acreage of vineyards in Algeria as well as timber and olive plantations there . |
| 9 | Why , he kept asking himself , did a woman , trained in the art of healing , who had been a naval medical officer and not somebody 's wife , suddenly volunteer for something that was inevitably going to be highly dangerous — and almost certainly involve her in killing — at close quarters ? |
| 10 | He kept twisting himself on to the side of his affected lung , but did not wake when I altered his position . |
| 11 | He said speeding itself was not necessarily reckless and in the agony of the moment Gooch may have over-reacted . |
| 12 | He was well-known by sight to all the warren , for his fur was entirely grey , with patches of near-white that now caught the moonlight as he sat scratching himself without speaking . |
| 13 | But there is a wisp of evidence that he considered embarking himself on a fast unto death to bring peace to India . |