Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having gained that second term , Lange appointed himself Minister of Education , swapping his foreign affairs portfolio with Russell Marshall , thus signalling a major initiative in education reform . |
| 2 | ‘ Monsieur Gaston concerned himself with other things . ’ |
| 3 | His concern about Germany manifested itself again in 1936 , when he accepted the post in Geneva of League of Nations high commissioner for German refugees , a position he held until 1938 . |
| 4 | Isabel asked herself broodingly . |
| 5 | Isabel asked herself as fitzAlan swung himself into the saddle behind her . |
| 6 | Isabel asked herself . |
| 7 | Patrick flung himself on the mattress which Sarah was to use , and jumped up and down on his knees , full of boyish energy . |
| 8 | Asa asked himself . |
| 9 | As he reflected on the brutality of what he had seen done in the name of religion in the Civil War , Taylor asked himself , ‘ If persons be Christians in their lives and Christians in their profession , … why should I hate such persons whom God loves and who love God , because … they have not the same opinion as I have ? ’ |
| 10 | How the hell can I tell her after what she 's just been through , Newman asked himself . |
| 11 | One day Victoria made herself a pair of earrings out of porcelain to go with a particular dress , and they turned out to be the start of a new part-time career . |
| 12 | His run at Haydock last time is best ignored as George Duffield got himself jammed in on the rails until too late . |
| 13 | Trent seated himself on the taffrail . |
| 14 | For a moment the two girls stared at her , shocked , then Peggy recovered herself . |
| 15 | Hauser prided himself on his ability to manipulate human beings . |
| 16 | Sergeant Henley prided herself on her power to prise out information by a mixture of persuasion and light bullying like the icing on a cake , and although this had never worked particularly well with Roxie in the past , this was no reason not to try it now . |
| 17 | THE provisonal government of Romania made itself very much less provisional yesterday by decreeing significant constitutional changes , including the fact that the country is no longer a socialist republic . |
| 18 | Gurder flung himself face down and buried his nose in it . |
| 19 | But Marcus got himself into trouble , silly boy . |
| 20 | Roman lowered himself casually into his large executive swivel-chair behind his desk , and directed a dispassionate , shuttered gaze across the neat expanse of tooled dark green leather . |
| 21 | When Charles Temple asked himself what form the finally evolved connection between the conquering races and the conquered , now existing in partially evolved form as Indirect Rule , and based on ‘ the relations which exist between a more competent man and a less competent ’ , might take , he answered that he saw no reason |
| 22 | Determined to carry on with her education , Judy got herself a tutor for her English , and went to the local college to do maths . |
| 23 | Tears stung her eyes a moment at the thought of her sister losing her identity ; Jezrael asked herself if the grief was for Ches or selfishly for her own loss . |
| 24 | Pascoe asked himself . |
| 25 | Nutty flung herself blindly at the opposition . |
| 26 | Now happily married to actress Gwen Humble , 38 , Ian found himself studying an action replay of his early days as a hell-raising Hollywood star as it ran through his mind — and he winced at what he saw . |
| 27 | Jeff Winter of Middlesbrough found himself the first guinea pig . |
| 28 | With the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist in Bosnia , Germany found itself at war with its trade competitors in the west , and at war with its nationalist rivals and its potential empire in the east . |
| 29 | Germany found itself facing an expansionist Europe and a booming industry . |
| 30 | Sentimental claptrap , Luce scolded herself . |