Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the path narrowed , we had to proceed in single file , and I found myself leading the way , with my aunt following closely behind and my father behind her . |
| 2 | I started by looking up quotes for characters to say , and found myself reading four or five pages , until I found myself reading the Bible and only the Bible for quite a long time . |
| 3 | He earned an honest penny by teaching the New Testament to a few undergraduates , who needed to be agile to follow his paradoxes and who found themselves hoeing the weeds when they expected to study St Paul 's Epistle to the Galatians . |
| 4 | More often than not they turn out to be admirers well versed in her background , and she finds herself answering the sort of urgent questions that ‘ normal people ’ ask when they are introduced to her : how is she settling to her new life ? ; does she miss Low Birk Hatt and her beasts ? ; is she taking care of herself ? ; and so on . |
| 5 | Yet she could n't lose herself in the story ; the movements of Luke 's hand as he made lightning sketches , the lazy , sinuous stretching of his legs as he shifted his position impinged upon her concentration , and she found herself reading the same page over and over . |
| 6 | There was neither joy nor peace in the house and she found herself wishing the time away until it should be March . |
| 7 | Something in the tone of his voice reached her and she found herself unlocking the door , opening it , looking up at his hard , handsome face with wary eyes . |
| 8 | Miss Grimes had certainly been glad of the presents but she had not really seemed as destitute and lonely as Ianthe had expected — perhaps secretly even hoped — and she found herself resenting the way she had taken the violets . |
| 9 | Something snapped inside her and she found herself grabbing the mutton and wresting the plate , with what was left of the uncut joint still on it , and running with it from his crazed presence . |
| 10 | And they chose themselves to have the ruling family to be the Al Sabar family . |
| 11 | But if they allow themselves to correct the party programme of action elaborated by the Comintern without asking its opinion , such action is incompatible with the principle of democratic centralism , with iron discipline , and with the Comintern . |
| 12 | Now , however , almost a decade later , it did not seem nearly so large and he found himself remembering the good things — the warm , cosy atmosphere of Mrs Appleby 's kitchen ; the wonderful view across the garden and pastures from all the south-facing windows ; the pungent smell of the horses , so well loved by Uncle Cosmo , in the well-kept stables ; the fascinating portrait of his handsome father in the gallery ; the stamp collection and lead soldiers that had once belonged to his father in the shabby old nursery , where he , a homesick boy , had secretly penned so many letters to Alice . |
| 13 | At the age of 16 , alone in his uncle 's house in Madurai , he describes how a sudden terror of death overtook him , and he found himself dramatizing the occurrence of death . |
| 14 | ( My ex-husband did not want me working in Oman with him , and even when I was in the UK arranging the divorce he took steps to prevent me returning to Oman to teach until he had himself left the country in 1987 . ) |
| 15 | Jezrael 's heart beat faster but she forced herself to slow the shallow breathing of panic . |
| 16 | ‘ Entertaining the proprietor was n't part of the job description , ’ she offered , her tone creamy as she nerved herself to continue the debate if necessary . |
| 17 | There was a thread of anger in the question , but Fran ignored it , just as she forced herself to ignore the sudden surge of hope that filled her heart . |
| 18 | As she allowed herself to close the gap in their relationship , John became irritable and demanding . |
| 19 | She broke off abruptly , as they always did when they felt themselves nearing the forbidden topic . |
| 20 | An organism adapts to another when it changes itself to suit the latter . |
| 21 | That is left for members of the host community to do , as it busies itself ghettoizing the minority ; and as it ghettoizes it mumbles , and if you listen carefully you can just discern beneath the self-righteousness , the self-congratulation , the following : ‘ Okay , okay , so you were having a hard time in your own country . |
| 22 | Sure enough , the waiter returned a moment later and Charlie was with him , brushing dandruff from his jacket as he squared himself to face the public . |
| 23 | In those days arose Rodrigo of Bivar , who was a youth strong in arms and of good customs ; and the people rejoiced in him , for he bestirred himself to protect the land from the Moors . |