Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We ca n't make ourselves any different . |
| 2 | ‘ Come on , let's go back and make ourselves beautiful for him , for the evening . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's important we keep our run going and why should n't we think ourselves genuine title contenders . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 've got a hope , ’ said Dolly , ‘ I 'll bore meself silly readin' this stuff , and I 'll get an 'eadache as well . |
| 5 | In some ways we should consider ourselves lucky if we get these types of responses to stress , because for others , unfortunately , there are other responses to stress that may also occur , such as ulcers and heart disease , from which we may get less warning . |
| 6 | Thank you very much well it 's always a pleasure to hear of about the Seamanship Foundation and I 'm sure that , as you might be saying , and er the need for the foundation 's fundraising will be rather heightened this year as a result of last year 's drop but I 'm equally sure that you will get a tremendous amount of support from the members and on that note which I think is er also is an important method of concentrating our priorities and on the basis of we 're extremely lucky to be able to pursue a really very enjoyable pastime with relatively few problems and that if we can get those opportunities to many more , who would otherwise not be able to enjoy and in fact frequently do n't get to enjoy any other pastime , we should endeavour to do so and consider ourselves lucky that we can . |
| 7 | We can count ourselves fortunate in having Ingleborough in our midst , always there , always waiting for us , always welcoming . |
| 8 | We must count ourselves lucky , then , that our own Earth is big enough to retain an atmosphere , and therefore to retain liquid surface water . |
| 9 | Minister of Science William Waldegrave , may have released the first major UK government White Paper on science and technology for over 10 years yesterday , but information technology professionals need n't hold their breath : while Waldegrave seems to think we should count ourselves lucky because we 've got our own research council for the first time , it would be more truthful to say we 've been stuffed into the miscellaneous section of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council , along with the electronic , electrical and communications industries ; our body , together with the Particle Physics and Sciences Research Council , will replace the Science and Engineering Research Council ; as a result , we will benefit ‘ from the same building of bridges between research bodies and industry ’ as the rest of the reorganised bodies and should experience interaction at an earlier stage — on the Japanese and German model . |
| 10 | No I do n't think so , everybody 's disappointed , especially after the way we played in the first half , but erm on our second half performance , I suppose we can just count ourselves lucky we come away with a point . |
| 11 | ‘ Vinny should count himself very , very lucky to have made a lot of money out of football without having any ability . |
| 12 | In a world in which common salt might blow up , could anyone count himself safe ? |
| 13 | He can count himself lucky not to have been blamed for the bounce by his political masters . |
| 14 | He could count himself lucky to have got where he had got in an all-American company . |
| 15 | The defendant can already count himself lucky to have received only a two-year sentence , having regard to the amount involved and to the position of trust which he held . |
| 16 | He 'll count himself lucky that the rabbit-punch only stunned him and did n't lay him out . |
| 17 | Gookey could certainly count himself unfortunate . |
| 18 | He is only an ordinary Hobbit who came to own the Ring because he was given it and he does not consider himself great enough to do anything with it except destroy it . |
| 19 | No injuries ; they 're unchanged , which means Nicky Summerbee has won that number 8 shirt and can consider himself first choice . |
| 20 | That man should consider himself lucky that Marvin had n't actually been in the mood for a brawl . |
| 21 | Dr.Thomas Manton thought so highly of Baxter that he did not even consider himself worthy to carry his books behind him , and that ‘ Mr. Baxter came nearer the apostolic writings than any man in the age ’ . |
| 22 | He does n't consider himself squeamish . |
| 23 | ‘ When untouchability is rooted out , these distinctions will vanish and no one will consider himself superior to any other . |
| 24 | You could say he 'll bore himself stiff , in fact . |
| 25 | It was their fence , and it was coming down , and she had pointed that out to Frederick , and she had known he would n't do anything about it , any more than he would buy himself new underpants . |
| 26 | For all hir faults , Zambia did not consider hirself stupid . |
| 27 | Vicky should count herself lucky . |
| 28 | He said she had ruined her chances by obstinacy and might count herself lucky to live on Benedict 's charity . ’ |
| 29 | No. 30 Mouncy Street was his first stop because he knew already from his own observation that here lived a truly old inhabitant ; Mary Adelaide Flock , who had been born twenty years before Queen Victoria died and did not count herself old yet . |
| 30 | She thought dully that perhaps she could consider herself fortunate that , until that evening , she had never been hurt deliberately by any man . |