Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pn reflx] without " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ I suppose one hopes the day will come when he will be so old his urges and fantasies will leave him and he will be able to conduct himself without these things having the effect they do . ’ |
| 2 | Once out of Leopold 's sight , Wolfgang began to enjoy himself without restriction , possibly for the first time in his life . |
| 3 | And it is for us surely to open ourselves without prejudice to the shape that it will take in the future . |
| 4 | When Camille had choked on an Aztec cuff-link , a sizeable piece of jewellery such as had then been fashionable , Constance 's mum had held her upside down by the ankles and banged her until she disgorged it , while Scarlet had knelt in the unutterable anguish of one about to be bereaved , determining to destroy herself without hesitation should Camille not survive the experience . |
| 5 | For example , a man who wished to make certain grievances clear to his boss decided that this was best approached , in the first instance , by writing to his boss because he realized that , were he to try to do this face to face , he would find it difficult to express himself without losing his temper . |
| 6 | Aelian King , when District Judge at Badulla , wrote that it was common ‘ for the people , at the season for ploughing and preparing the soil for sowing , to help themselves without their neighbour 's leave to the labour of their neighbour 's buffaloes , which they find roaming at large . ’ |
| 7 | This ambiguity of voices co-operates with the rhetoric of textual autonomy whereby texts are seen to undermine themselves without intervention . |
| 8 | If the fringe soon proved to be rather tattier , the services more underhand than the original promotional copy made out , well , that was only to be expected of an enterprise left to run itself without Capellan supervision . |
| 9 | He must also be made aware that although his parents or guardian will help him to do this , sooner or later he will have to manage to control himself without their help , and this should be explained to him as soon as he is able to understand . |
| 10 | It imputes to Proust 's text the ability to contradict itself without intervention . |
| 11 | In a properly organized political community the state exists for society and not society for the state ; yet , however socially advanced a people may be , the society which it constitutes made up of families , clubs , churches , trade unions , etc. — is not to be trusted to maintain itself without the ultimate arbitrament of force . |
| 12 | Its preamble stating that persons chargeable in their parish " merely for want of work " could in another place find " sufficient employment as to be able to maintain themselves without being burthensome " . |
| 13 | Anyway , I know how to enjoy myself without old grumpy-boots . ’ |
| 14 | They appreciate a chance to indulge themselves without having to talk business . |
| 15 | Weber , however , placed more emphasis than Marx on divisions within the propertyless class , the class who did not own sufficient property to support themselves without working . |
| 16 | Knives are now a standard part of the criminal 's equipment and it is very difficult for us to defend ourselves without going beyond the law , but there are ways — as you will see later . |
| 17 | We had , above all , time to amuse ourselves without the problems imposed by the huge crowds at the State balls . |
| 18 | A battle for power in the English shires has reached Westminster , where one MP has argued that his city at least should be allowed to govern itself without interference . |
| 19 | Now she was eight and four months , quite old enough to undress herself without Nannie hovering and undoing everything . |