Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And the arts in general are not just about illumination , creativity and education , but about seeing yourself and your lifestyle reflected back . |
| 2 | The reserve , the indifference and the blasé outlook which urbanites manifest in their relationships may thus be regarded as devices for immunizing themselves against the personal claims and expectations of others . |
| 3 | Christians , especially , should be cautious about allowing themselves to be influenced by people who do not have the same life goals . |
| 4 | The remaining two men received sentences of nine months ( suspended for two years ) for allowing themselves to be carried in a stolen vehicle . |
| 5 | Meanwhile the other lawyer was growing impatient with Bartocci for allowing himself to be imposed upon in this way by his pushy and unscrupulous colleague instead of attending to his utterly reasonable request for bail or a visitor 's pass or access to official files . |
| 6 | KIM WILDE : For allowing herself to be subjected to year after year of pathetic changes of image which only serve to make her look uncomfortable , especially the latest one , with the expensive Marilyn Monroe dress , loads of cleavage and sub-Belinda Carlisle rock balladeering . |
| 7 | Annoyed at herself for allowing herself to be suckered into that , Paige said nothing . |
| 8 | For allowing ourselves to look at the report and find the actions , and not just the actions themselves . |
| 9 | The great appeal of methylation as a means of shutting genes off is that it has a known mechanism for perpetuating itself during cell division and thus ensuring its own inheritance . |
| 10 | Once it has been accepted that they need continuing care their responsibility for maintaining themselves is removed . |
| 11 | Legitimate drug rackets are after all not only lucrative — there 's gold in them there pills ( Klass 1975 ) — but they also provide the occasion for seeing oneself — if you are involved in them — as sharper , shrewder , and more powerful than those ending up the wrong side of the law . |
| 12 | A perfect position for bracing himself to kiss her , Ruth thought wildly in the heat of the moment . |
| 13 | One big plus was that Rachel was off enjoying herself and we were close at hand . |
| 14 | An impressive platform performer , she had a gift for attaching herself , making a noise , and then departing . |
| 15 | It will achieve this not through seeing itself as a piece of concrete , proprietary estate , as an end in itself ; rather it is a moving organisation for progress , existing for its future not its present , and achieving its future , and so fulfilling its raison d'etre , in aspiration for , and achievement of , improvement . |
| 16 | Hands and arms are used for illustration , for replacing speech , for indicating emotional states , and for grooming oneself . |
| 17 | It is worth reminding oneself , therefore , that the institution of marriage , which is so often held up as the ideal against which other relationships are to be measured , is certainly not unaffected by financial considerations . |
| 18 | This kind of argument reads well in Callinicos ' hands , but it is worth reminding ourselves of the unattractive reality to which it bears witness . |
| 19 | And if some of the material in the book seems occasionally to verge on the utopian , it is worth reminding ourselves that , as Jan Montefiore says in Feminism and Poetry , ‘ the value of utopias is that they enable us to imagine possibilities of difference for the brute contingent world ’ . |
| 20 | It is worth reminding ourselves , therefore , that Wittgenstein 's criticism of solipsism is intended to be aimed as much at the classic empiricist programme espoused by the classical foundationalist . |
| 21 | Perhaps it is worth reminding ourselves what this Bill does . |
| 22 | Thank you chairman , erm , I 've heard what Mr said then I think it is worth reminding ourselves that a significant number of members of this council are new to this council and it 's therefore quite right and proper that in the first year of the business of this council that there should be a significant number of seminars and briefings to enable members to fully acquaint themselves with the business of the council the working of the er , operations of this council so that we can in fact make informed decisions er in the future . |
| 23 | I entirely accept that if er , four years on we were still doing the same thing that then they 'd be er , some erm , requirement for er , cutting back but I think it is also worth reminding ourselves that due to the action of this conservative government in er , forcing the local government review , er , we are facing the spectre er , of an additional full meeting of this council , and indeed we have had to er , respond to that government initiative . |
| 24 | Mention has been made to the paperwork , I think that it 's worth reminding ourselves that a lot of the paperwork that has been generated , is a direct result of Conservative government introduced legislation , particularly cri criminal justice er , legislation , which requires a considerable amount of paperwork , erm , to be completed by officers , quite often in long , in longhand , and not making use of technology , where in fact they er , a great deal of time and effort could be con , er could be er , saved . |
| 25 | For days he 'd been in the blackest of moods , furious with her for wasting herself on a man old enough to be her father , and even more furious with himself for not having taken her forcefully after that Christmas evening when he 'd known her feelings were as inflamed as his own . |
| 26 | Perhaps , therefore , a distinction should be drawn between allowing oneself voluntarily , and where there is no danger to oneself , to be treated as a means to the satisfaction of someone else 's needs , and being treated as a means to the satisfaction of someone else 's desires . |
| 27 | Recommendations for protecting yourself are given including a summary of the early signs of malignant melanoma — prompt recognition and diagnosis provide the best chance of protection . |
| 28 | It is not worth driving yourself to the major airports in the United Kingdom . |
| 29 | A boring time is ahead , so you 'll need to think out some ideas for keeping yourself amused . |
| 30 | Students are responsible for keeping themselves acquainted with notices posted on official notice boards . |