Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [conj] [vb past] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She licked her fingers and applied herself to her beer . |
| 2 | After she had given Miguel time to pay the bills and get away , she retraced her steps and found herself a table at a café in an arcade in one of the ornamental squares by a pretty fountain . |
| 3 | In cultures the world over , women ( and in many cultures , men too ) have made their skin silky by bathing in oils , scented themselves with delicious perfumes , draped themselves in satin , velvet , silk and feathers , braided , brushed or oiled their hair , painted their lips and darkened their eyes and weighted themselves with gold and silver , or heavy ornaments . |
| 4 | Lisa stared hard into the fire as despair flooded through her , then , fighting for control , she raised her cup to her lips and forced herself to drink a mouthful of warm tea . |
| 5 | She found herself reaching out to touch him in return , closed her eyes and told herself to stop , but could n't . |
| 6 | She closed her eyes and told herself that that was simply succumbing to a whim , but why not ? |
| 7 | Her head swam ; she shut her eyes and pressed herself against the wall , fighting to steady herself for the return trip , struggling to contain an urge to vomit . |
| 8 | Claudia Yeo closed her eyes and forced herself to speak to the empty space behind the desk . |
| 9 | With a sigh , she leaned against it , laying down her champagne glass , then closed her eyes and forced herself to breathe deeply and slowly . |
| 10 | She wiped the filth out of her eyes and pulled herself into the wreckage of the cockpit . |
| 11 | Claudia closed her eyes and gave herself up to sheer sensation . |
| 12 | The day was Thursday , the start of the academic week ; Flavia combed her hair , washed her eyes and marched herself to the tower . |
| 13 | It seems a couple of them came out here a time or two , asked a few questions , shrugged their shoulders and took themselves off . ’ |
| 14 | The music blared out around them — Beatles songs from the Sixties — and for a brief space of time Rachel forgot her worries and allowed herself to be caught up in Belinda 's simple pleasures . |
| 15 | Too tired to think any more , she kicked off her sandals and freshened herself up in the scented blue-tiled bathroom , brushing her hair and wiping her hands and face , and then her feet , on the fluffiest white towel she had ever felt . |
| 16 | They have lost heart , stashed away their manuscripts and told themselves they were never really writers anyway . |
| 17 | Ace and Petion slipped off the safety catches on their automatics and pressed themselves in close to the walls , ready to spring . |
| 18 | She frequently attacked her attendants and discharged herself from institutions where she had been sent for treatment . |
| 19 | Then he could think back over the rising and understand and admit its weaknesses and set himself to imagine a better future … |
| 20 | She spent time with her friends and restricted herself to ten minutes on the perfection of Lucy . |
| 21 | Both organizations gave an undertaking to curb violence among their members and committed themselves to political tolerance and freedom of political activity , recognizing the other 's right to exist " with its own policies and programmes " . |
| 22 | During the course of the action , they inflicted heavy casualties on their attackers and revealed themselves to be fierce and resourceful fighters — not amateurs , but professionals of a skill comparable to that of their Roman adversaries . |
| 23 | The lady smiled and sat down opposite the Wisharts , she carefully placed the wicker basket on the seat next to her , then folded her arms and composed herself in relaxation . |
| 24 | She put her hands on the side and straightened her arms and held herself there . |
| 25 | The Ehrenreichs claim that partly as a reaction against the actions of the government ‘ large numbers of young people pushed professional-managerial class radicalism to its limits and found themselves , ultimately , at odds with their own class ’ . |
| 26 | But then I realised you had joined the queue of dolour — I take it from your sparkling eyes that Lucy 's dropped her drawers and flung herself into sapphic bliss ? ’ |
| 27 | She basked in it , she took off her clothes and browned herself in it . |
| 28 | Now he could understand why the Finns came running out of their saunas and rolled themselves in the snow . |
| 29 | She crossed her arms across her breasts and hugged herself . |
| 30 | Nails gritted his teeth and willed himself to stay squarely in the saddle . |