Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The difficulties can not plausibly be attributed to the compilers , who would hardly have confined themselves almost exclusively to interfering with the text of Scaevola . |
| 32 | She could have picked herself a better boyfriend . |
| 33 | Dawn Allenby , a masochist if ever there was one , should have prostrated herself at the feet of Desmond Fairchild , a sadist in a trilby hat worn with the brim turned up all the way round like vaudeville comic . |
| 34 | But I should n't have let myself get near that cringing landlord . |
| 35 | I should n't have let myself fall in love with him ! she thought angrily . |
| 36 | She wondered if she would have let herself get involved had she known in advance that it entailed so much messing with entrails . |
| 37 | How could she have let herself be used by a man who held her in contempt ? |
| 38 | She could n't possibly have let herself get tangled up in the arms of Rourke Deveraugh , not in her wildest dreams . |
| 39 | Oh , how could she have let herself be so easily tricked , so eager to believe that he had changed ? |
| 40 | They could n't have sorted themselves out then I do n't know what they can do . |
| 41 | Somehow , the whole strange incident would have sorted itself out . |
| 42 | This may be a simple oversight on the part of the authors of the pamphlet , or it may reflect the thought that since those who attend these colleges would have committed themselves to staying at them until they were 18 ( and such a commitment would be a condition of entry ) , there would be no need for them to take a ‘ school-leaving ’ examination at 16+ . |
| 43 | With great trepidation and much backsliding the tsar eventually granted the serfs a sort of freedom , but if their interests had been dear to his heart he could have committed himself earlier and pressed harder for a settlement which gave them an economically viable future . |
| 44 | He must have supposed himself to be using a language absolutely purged of metaphor when he wrote at the grand climax of the Discourse on method |
| 45 | The name Tolkien , he once remarked in a letter , is based on the German word for foolhardy : which is what , when he finally had his huge romance published , he must have supposed himself to be . |
| 46 | The eagle was so evidently , so ferociously beautiful ; one would have thought that it could have impressed itself upon the most unwilling beholder . |
| 47 | I should have discharged myself this morning . ’ |
| 48 | They could have discharged themselves at any time , but they were destitute and the best was done for them that was possible in the circumstances . |
| 49 | Elaine could have discharged herself . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ If Sabine Jourdain could have broken away from him any time she chose , it must be equally true that Durance could have torn himself from those admirers . ’ |
| 51 | ' I do n't think he would have trusted himself to be married , ’ the actor remembered for me . |
| 52 | The team may have resigned itself to a fixtureless season but there is some small consolation . |
| 53 | They know the qualifying course as well as any team in Europe and , shortly before 7pm , should have earned themselves a toast in vodka , imported , of course . |
| 54 | If you achieve this , then a record deal is just around the corner , and you will have earned yourself a strong negotiating position which should enable you to sign the deal you want and not the first deal that is offered . |
| 55 | Even a trial separation from Barnet was too much for Fry , who says that he could n't have looked himself in the mirror if he 'd refused to come back . |
| 56 | He should have looked himself ; he might have got some indication . |
| 57 | The nearest neighbours of Ben Nevis , Carn Mor Dearg and Aonach Beag , both have summits above the 4000 mark ; to another of the group , Aonach Mor , the Ordnance Survey rather churlishly ascribes a height of 3999 only , a tribute to their meticulous accuracy but a pity they could not have permitted themselves a slight error of twelve inches . |
| 58 | If Bathsheba had known how strong the feelings of this dark and silent figure were , she would have blamed herself terribly for her thoughtlessness . |
| 59 | Gabriel knew that Bathsheba blamed herself for Troy 's death , and would have blamed herself even more for Boldwood 's . |
| 60 | Under the current electoral law , parliament could have dissolved itself immediately and carried on until the election in a caretaker role . |