Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I wish to argue further that in using drama to promote the individual 's growth we have inadvertently distorted drama itself on two counts . |
| 2 | The official national results , released on Oct. 23 , were met with rioting in North-West Province , a centre of support for Fru Ndi ( who had earlier claimed victory himself ) . |
| 3 | Three of these had discontinued treatment themselves after only a few days and failed to keep further appointments , one was found to have severe total colonic disease on colonoscopy , and one was found to have Crohn 's disease ; none of these five patients had side effects from treatment and were deemed unsuitable for analysis . |
| 4 | ‘ You the Missus of Francis done kill hisself ? ’ |
| 5 | The plight of abused ( physically , emotionally and sexually ) children is a tragic and sensitive story which apparently often goes undetected because the mother , fearing reprisals or removal of the children , does not report abuse by her husband/partner or visiting relative ( who often is the perpetrator ) ; in many cases having suffered violence herself from him ( Jones , 1988 ) . |
| 6 | She may have shot Mahoney herself . |
| 7 | As a 23-year-old , Stan Whittaker was one of Butlin 's first clients in 1936 , having met Butlin himself as a customer in the early thirties at Skegness Amusement Park . |
| 8 | Well it certainly is but er I 've grown potatoes myself for years and never had any trouble with them boiling into the water but this year I can not get a good potato , all of my usual favourites like Estima which I 've found is a usually good all round potato , it it 's a monkey for boiling into the water and one thing I can only assume is that the weather 's had a lot to do with it , my ground 's been waterlogged most of the season . |
| 9 | Among these , Margaret Peggie , a League of Health and Beauty trainer , is a great ‘ fan ’ of Medau work and regularly attended classes herself for several years . |
| 10 | ‘ Inspector Montgomery , I do n't know whether you 've met Gladys yourself , but she 's a little — odd . |
| 11 | Bill Goody asked Michael if he 'd ever met God himself . |
| 12 | Blackpool 's trams have featured in many celebrations during their one hundred years , and often made news themselves . |
| 13 | He tends to deal with one or more Japanese breeders , and will perhaps have visited Japan himself , to select choice fish . |
| 14 | She had not seen Nicholas himself , Tobie learned , for five weeks . |
| 15 | Fangorn looks long at the two hobbits when they tell him Gandalf is dead ; he does so because he does n't believe them , having seen Gandalf himself a couple of days before . |
| 16 | I have not seen Redmire myself , only pictures of it ; pictures always taken when the mist is rising , with a low sun providing back light to add to the eerie effect . |
| 17 | They were contributed by Jessica Mann , writing in the Sunday Telegraph about Monica Dickens ' One of the Family ( Viking ) : ‘ Monica Dickens had a knack of entering into the feelings of her characters and describing them with apparently artless sincerity , but she was never a cosy writer , being both too realistic and too experienced , having done time herself as a servant , factory girl and a Samaritan … |
| 18 | The project consulted carers themselves about their needs , and also worked with voluntary and statutory agencies dealing with Afro-Caribbean elderly people . |
| 19 | ‘ Rave ’ is now a dirty word , ‘ Manchester ’ is best forgotten , and as for the Mondays , how daft must it feel to be a rebel role model for spotty teenagers when you 've got kids yourself ? |
| 20 | He has only come to appreciate properly the importance of loving discipline and the need for obedience since he and Maggie have had children themselves . |
| 21 | ‘ Meeting Venus ’ looks like it could have done with a bit of old fashioned fascism itself . |
| 22 | Some people still do not accept Einstein s Relativity ; many others refuse to accept that Relativity may not be the final explanation ( even though such an acquiescence to received ideas would have horrified Einstein himself ) . |
| 23 | He might have worn gloves himself . ’ |
| 24 | Two broad groups seem to emerge from the known evidence ( fig. 8 ) , each with a different level of impact on the defended area itself and on the extra-mural suburbs . |
| 25 | It certainly impressed those of limited intelligence , among whom may be numbered Crumwallis himself . |
| 26 | When the child reached the bottom of the first page the woman darted forward , black hair swinging across her face , for the kind of effortful page turn that would have upstaged Paderewski himself . |
| 27 | ‘ They were really interested in music — they 're set dancers themselves . |
| 28 | She also did a few hand knitted garments herself . |
| 29 | Much against their natural inclinations , Jesus 's earthly followers were gradually persuaded that far from the Friday being the disastrous and final demise of their hero , by some inexplicable divine miracle he had dealt death itself a death-blow , and had risen from the grave to a new and everlasting life-form . |
| 30 | Later on , some US Navy minesweepers off Kuwait were reported to have struck mines themselves . |