Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [pn reflx] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that does n't stop Monica waiting every evening for the phone to ring — or reaching out herself to make the call . ’ |
| 2 | But there are plenty of eager young registrars falling over themselves to fill the places . ’ |
| 3 | The kitchen 's full of black people falling over themselves to do the work , and he 's never been allowed to see his own dinner cooking , so I hear . ’ |
| 4 | You see nowadays the solicitors are falling over themselves to do the conveyancing . |
| 5 | And for once everyone is falling over themselves to take the Corgis for walkies to out of the way places . |
| 6 | Early live shows won rave notices and by February of last year A&R men — two dozen attended one Dublin show — were falling over themselves to sign the band . |
| 7 | NOW THAT the Second World of formerly communist countries is falling over itself to join the First World , the name ‘ Third World ’ suits the rest of the planet less well than ever . |