Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ T is so no more ’ , that is , he can no longer consider himself the same person — he has become , at last , a human being ( line 36 ) , not a dreaming poet , and he can not go back to the earlier state . |
| 2 | Such as it was , it constituted a public place , and he could no longer guarantee himself the seclusion and privacy of the deserted churchyard . |
| 3 | ‘ You can see that he did n't give himself the time to finish it . |
| 4 | To vanish and give herself the chance to rebuild her life . |
| 5 | Do not just give yourself the whole week off . |
| 6 | Do not accept offers of tea or coffee if this is your problem as you will then give yourself the further anxiety of controlling the cup and saucer . |
| 7 | I ca n't give myself the great happiness of promising to be yours — because I am sure I ought not to ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But you were right when you insisted that I must give myself the opportunity to learn my true feelings , although … ’ |
| 9 | The present churches are right to be concerned that many do not give themselves the opportunity to grow in any faith because apathy and false gods have moved into the vacuum that exists instead of a soul . |
| 10 | Abraham replies , ‘ God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering , my son ’ ( Genesis 22.8 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering , my son . ’ |
| 12 | He must take the words ‘ God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering ’ at their face value . |
| 13 | We will set ourselves the objective of increasing the degree of consonance still further , and therefore the bass will be kept consonant with all upper parts : Though the effect of this is quite good , indeed smooth and sonorous , the concept of using a bass consonant with all upper parts has produced chords which are either diminished 7ths ( chord 1 ) or contain major or minor chords . |
| 14 | Nor can the counsellor set himself the task of dealing exclusively with one area . |
| 15 | As with the early stages of reading , the teaching of literature must set itself the objective of stimulating pupils ’ enjoyment . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , they argued , pacifists should set themselves the more modest task of sustaining the voice of reason amidst the dementia of war . |
| 17 | Our idea was that we should call ourselves The All Stars . |
| 18 | Now the person possessing the goods after the time limit , even if he holds the goods in bad faith , may call himself the rightful owner , while the original owner promptly loses all rights . |
| 19 | Silverstone calls itself the home of British motor racing and it could equally call itself the home of Formula One since the first race of the first world championship was held there in l950 . |
| 20 | ‘ Although I 'm champion and it 's been a wonderful year I feel I ca n't truly call myself the title holder until I beat Joey on the roads . ’ |
| 21 | I should think that happens quite a lot , but I doubt they 'd call themselves The Hell Fire Club . |
| 22 | But I find it hard to accept that all our land should be so buttoned up , and that we should allow ourselves the arrogant and indulgent belief — against every lesson in history — that we can run things better than nature . |
| 23 | We can not allow ourselves the empty luxury of doubt . ’ |
| 24 | We can allow ourselves the luxury of such an extravagant theory , provided that the odds against this coincidence occurring on a planet do not exceed 100 billion billion to one . |
| 25 | Not only did he prove himself the master of a number of accredited and experienced Division Two full-backs but he was in his usual place of outside-right in Palace 's best-ever Cup victory when we walloped Everton 6–0 at Goodison on 7 January 1922 . |
| 26 | He 'll prove himself the best fighter in the world because the WBC 's main contender Tony Tucker and WBO champion Mike Moorer , a really dangerous customer , are waiting in the wings . |
| 27 | It is very simple : the artist can not allow himself the luxury of letting himself be manipulated passively by our culture . |
| 28 | A man divided can not allow himself the luxury of complacency . |
| 29 | The Argentine RU seems to be the only one which can allow itself the luxury of having half a team of top internationals watching the game ’ . |
| 30 | And she 'd scrub herself the hands with that you know and of course my mam used to do all the baking did n't she . |