Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suffering pensioner hanged herself |
| 2 | A TRAGIC pensioner hanged herself because she could no longer cope with the pain of her illness , an inquest heard yesterday . |
| 3 | The letter asked whether there could remain within CPSU ranks people who encouraged splits , engaged in factionalism and who " by their views and conduct have in effect placed themselves outside the party " . |
| 4 | Piers propped himself on his elbow and stared at her . |
| 5 | There was one vital breakthrough for the nationalist consciousness , though there still remains some doubt as to how deep this was for the Fianna Fáil party : all the parties committed themselves to the recognition of the protestant — loyalist group as having legitimate aspirations and affirmed the need for the recognition of ‘ two sets of legitimate rights ’ coexisting in the island as a whole : ‘ Constitutional nationalists are determined to secure justice for all traditions … |
| 6 | I called for the last time at the first house in the village and pressed the buzzer , but on getting no reply resigned myself to the long walk down the mountain . |
| 7 | A friend who had a key let herself in and called upstairs , but I did n't want anyone to come into the bedroom because they might catch whatever it was I had . |
| 8 | Labour committed itself to immediate acceptance of the Maastricht social charter , with implications for low pay and for women , and to meeting the UN 's target for aid as a percentage of GNP within five years . |
| 9 | Grammar schools separated themselves from Public Schools ( although , more accurately , it was of course the other way round ) by embedding themselves in the local provision for secondary education . |
| 10 | The figure called himself the devil and declared that he had come for Gary 's life . |
| 11 | Her eyes fixed themselves in terror on the door . |
| 12 | There are no factory-supplied electro-acoustic models , so if you want to go amplified then you 'd have to get a pickup fitted yourself . |
| 13 | O my Emilia , I 've surviv 'd myself , |
| 14 | Digby Wyatt 's earliest extant building is the Gothic Aldingham Hall , Cumbria , of 1846 to 1850 , and although he designed the Pompeian , Byzantine , English Gothic , Italian and Renaissance Courts at the re-erected Crystal Palace at Sydenham in 1854 , and The Art Journal commented that he had ‘ in practice attached himself more heartily to the classic ’ , he felt , like Scott , that the nineteenth century should have its particular form of architecture , but unlike Scott , he thought that this should be an adaptation of the Cinquecento style . |
| 15 | And her father 's answer to the question given himself had been : those tests at the secretarial college were making his daughter nervy ; and the quicker they were over the better . |
| 16 | ‘ The boy hanged himself . |
| 17 | The G-7 countries committed themselves to gaining agreement from other creditors ( commercial banks ) and to maintaining short-term credits . |
| 18 | Both countries committed themselves not to attack or invade the other , and to resolve disputes through a process of dialogue . |
| 19 | The financial sector prepared itself for full deregulation and open competition with foreign institutions . |
| 20 | No sooner had Katherine helped herself than a maid appeared with a silver platter heaped with pancakes . |
| 21 | Had Caspar got himself shut in one of the sheds ? |
| 22 | Exalted patriotism attached itself to victory over the United States in 1898 , to conquest in Morocco , even to the success of Peral 's submarine . |
| 23 | How often had Wycliffe told himself that the only obvious beneficiary from Francis 's death was his daughter ? |
| 24 | He has several times got himself into a position of strength in his battle with parliament , and bartered it away for short-term gains . |
| 25 | The Somali tribes , with whom he had identified himself , might well have rallied to his cause had he in this decisive hour shown himself a leader . |
| 26 | We have already seen that there were times when the High Anglican interest , supposedly the natural allies of strong monarchy , sought to challenge the powers of the Crown in order to protect the interests of the established Church ; we have also seen that Nonconformist and Whig politicians , who during the Exclusion Crisis became the champions of Parliamentarianism , had at times shown themselves prepared to defend the royal prerogative against Parliamentary limitation when it was being used to protect the interests of the Dissenters . |
| 27 | Their enemies equipped themselves in the same fashion . |
| 28 | One question which arises is why , with 256 code values available in each byte , has this control process limited itself to the 128 7-bit codes ? |
| 29 | These workers regarded themselves as temporarily relieving their parents of the burden of supporting them and perhaps contributing something to the overall family budget . |
| 30 | Government officials committed themselves to ensuring that there would be no net loss of US wetlands and expressed the hope that the proposals would end the stalemate between environmentalist and business groups on the wetlands issue . |