Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apologising for ourselves |
| 2 | What I do is n't singing about myself , I kinda make up these little stories , I do n't know where they come from … |
| 3 | What terms of reference are we suggesting for ourselves ? |
| 4 | Many of the most highly regarded chefs choose their menus after seeing for themselves which the freshest foods are at the market ! |
| 5 | Both days were a great success and it was good to see so many people looking round the plant and seeing for themselves where our effort is going and what is being achieved . ’ |
| 6 | Be aware of these issues when attending an interview or open day , and never accept a post without seeing for yourself what is actually being offered . |
| 7 | It 's not like seeing for yourself . ’ |
| 8 | To check you have grasped the idea of incidence , try drawing for yourself a market with a relatively elastic supply curve and a relatively inelastic demand curve . |
| 9 | We always had very famous , established singers coming from I do n't know where — strong , heroic perhaps , but singing for themselves . |
| 10 | For myself , I pretended that I had left home with full approval , inventing for myself a Harrogate doctor father , fleshing out an imaginary family … . |
| 11 | IF YOU are catering for yourselves and driving to the resort , stock up at a hypermarket before you get there to avoid paying astronomical prices . |
| 12 | ‘ I am capable of cooking for myself , ’ he assured her stiffly , and she knew she would have to do a little begging to keep him from another burst of anger . |
| 13 | No I 'm cooking for myself tonight . |
| 14 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
| 15 | Will you be cooking for yourself , communally or in turns ? |
| 16 | We were cooking for ourselves so we settled in for the evening and made ourselves comfortable . |
| 17 | On the other hand , if you are experimenting for yourself and do n't like the result when you change colours in one way , try changing colours on a different set of rows . |
| 18 | The king 's son feigns all manner of vice , exceeding even Macbeth — but professing for himself a list of vices so horrible that Macduff is forced to exclaim that if he succeeds to the throne , Scotland will receive a far worse tyrant . |
| 19 | Women in particular should be on guard against apologizing for themselves indirectly by this sort of tentative behaviour . |
| 20 | I may be bragging about myself though . |
| 21 | Prevent the ends twisting and the resulting torsion is relieved only by the strand twisting about itself . |
| 22 | Subsequent writers , however , have copied Patrick Forbes 's work without checking for themselves , and the misleading myth has evolved in which the first thousand litres of the cuvée is believed to be officially designated the premiere cuvée . |
| 23 | Phoebe smiled , and allowed herself an unusual and agreeable start of gratitude to Rachel , not just for her consistent kindness to Maggie , but also , freshly , for her generosity and understanding towards herself . |
| 24 | They came : a tight little group , guns in the crooks of their arms , chatting and laughing amongst themselves , like hunters strolling up to view the bag after a fine day in the field . |
| 25 | This is at least partly influenced by the fact that , if the exchange closes , wholesale customers can often find the means to carry on trading amongst themselves . |
| 26 | She was startled by his intensity , with-drawing into herself . |
| 27 | ‘ Nathan , do n't — ’ Her whole body seemed to be shrinking into itself , trying to escape the pain that threatened to engulf it . |
| 28 | You need protecting from yourself . ’ |
| 29 | Instinctively she tried to retreat , shrinking within herself , desperately seeking that distant place where she was beyond hurt , but fitzAlan spoke again , pulling her back to awareness with terrifying ease . |
| 30 | At the funeral ( she had never been to a funeral before ) it had come to her quite suddenly that something was ending in herself , that she was being challenged to take hold of her life , to make decisions , and she had quarrelled with Terry because of it . |