Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shadows leapt and danced away from the light as he fought to steady himself . |
| 2 | He liked the good life , lived to enjoy himself . |
| 3 | His thick blond hair , deep blue eyes and effortless charm had probably captivated the hearts of a host of women that evening , but as Becky assumed that every girl received exactly the same treatment , she avoided allowing herself to be flattered by him . |
| 4 | It has never been doubted by the Tanzanian public that his aims were genuine , nor been considered that he sought to enrich himself . |
| 5 | It sought to steady itself amidst plasma and shellblast … |
| 6 | On each side of this , hung blue-and-white check curtains , which were now drawn , to shut in the friends met to enjoy themselves . |
| 7 | Even in rivers less polluted , when some living organisms could survive , the water failed to purify itself . |
| 8 | Mr Ashdown yesterday sought to provide himself with even more leeway in a hung parliament by outlining circumstances in which he would not feel bound to vote against a Queen 's Speech which did not contain PR . |
| 9 | Bogie was given the chance to replace Paul Gascoigne at Newcastle , when Gazza went to Spurs , but failed to establish himself . |
| 10 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 11 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 12 | In the US , for example , where the socialist party failed to establish itself as a major party after a fairly rapid growth in the first decade of this century , it has long been argued that the presidential system is a major obstacle to the development of third parties , and undoubtedly these constitutional factors have been important ; but it is clear that many other social and economic characteristics of the US have had a preponderant influence in determining the absence of a large-scale independent socialist movement or party there ( Sombart , 1906 ; Laslett and Lipset , 1974 ) . |
| 13 | It could be quite disconcerting for the archer whose bow disintegrated to find himself left with a handful of bits and pieces resembling a bundle of firewood . |
| 14 | By looking after its past employees , the army sought to position itself as a caring organisation which would encourage new recruits . |
| 15 | But in the early stages of his reign , as he sought to establish himself in quarrels with some of his more powerful vassals , Philip relied heavily upon aid from Henry II and his sons , from the family which he was to do so much to tear apart . |
| 16 | Units which sought to establish themselves outside such a plan would not only not receive public money ; they would also not qualify for any other public benefits . |
| 17 | She stopped to steady herself . |
| 18 | Totally blinded , his spectacles streaming with water as he bobbed up , he tried to float himself into the galley . |
| 19 | Carlson tried to steady himself . |
| 20 | He slipped on the stairs and smashed a glass panel as he tried to steady himself . |
| 21 | He slipped on the stairs and smashed a glass panel as he tried to steady himself . |
| 22 | In September he tried to kill himself by slashing his wrists . |
| 23 | The 27-year-old former Army officer tried to kill himself less than 24 hours before he was due in court again accused of murdering his parents at their home in Jersey . |
| 24 | He suffered such terrible symptoms he tried to kill himself . |
| 25 | He tried to kill himself . |
| 26 | ‘ Who lives there in splendour so solitary that in June nineteen forty-one he jumped from a balcony and tried to kill himself . |
| 27 | It was on this stretch of line near Didcot that William McCrae tried to kill himself by jumping off a train travelling at nearly seventy miles an hour . |
| 28 | Soon after the disaster he tried to kill himself . |
| 29 | Neil Todd 's parents called in the police after the teenager tried to kill himself . |
| 30 | They were not allowed to speak to anyone , had no books or entertainment and , in despair , some tried to kill themselves . |