Example sentences of "was [verb] [pn reflx] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see he was bracing himself for his act . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , the Chancellor was bracing himself for a furious political storm when he unveils his autumn package on Thursday , including a mystery ‘ fiscal package ’ ministers are remaining tight-lipped about . |
| 3 | In the ornate new council chamber , Mayor Murphy was trying to convince the city council that to be a real Edwardian Mayor he ought to wear mayoral robes , as they did in England ; the newly extended hospital was bracing itself for additional accident cases ; and Hank Stych stood in the airport at Calgary waiting for a local plane to take him north to Tollemarche . |
| 4 | The city was bracing itself for a party to beat them all , but the Spaniards decided to re-write the script . |
| 5 | The incident precipitated three days of violence and looting that tarnished Miami 's reputation at a time when the city was preening itself for one of America 's premier sporting events , the Super Bowl . |
| 6 | When the Secretary of State was enjoying himself for about 10 minutes claiming that a large number of us supported CND , he offered some rays of hope and sunshine that I had not seen for some months . |
| 7 | She was left thinking how hard he was driving himself for the sake of his adoptive family . |
| 8 | She was saving herself for Elder Seth . |
| 9 | Felicity was Saving Herself for her Wedding Night . |
| 10 | I was kidding myself for such a long time I began to ignore the risks . |
| 11 | She was kicking herself for forgetting the most basic Capricorn trait of allowing nothing to stand in the way of their goal . |
| 12 | A few seconds later I was despising myself for having been in any doubt . |
| 13 | He had no time for the cant of the priests about sin , but he knew , as he lay in the barracks hearing the grunts and panting of his companions , that he was honing himself for a superior form by refusing his body . |
| 14 | He was preparing himself for a British Council tour of France but it was cancelled at the last moment ; he did , however , fly to Amsterdam and then on to Rome in December under the auspices of the same organization . |
| 15 | On Sunday 18 April , Dave was preparing himself for his first ever parachute jump to raise money for charity [ and to overcome his own fear of heights and aeroplanes ] when he heard that the jump had been cancelled due to bad weather . |
| 16 | She had stayed there , always conscious that she was preparing herself for an existence of unutterable boredom , and was one of an enormous number of women who were training themselves for an ‘ if I do n't marry ’ life . |
| 17 | Samuel Pipkin was tensing himself for the coming life and death struggle this evening , when the vital decision would be made by the Prince of Wales , and Mr Thackeray would be avenged . |
| 18 | He was probing himself for me . |