Example sentences of "[pn reflx] with [det] " in BNC.

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1 The social charter has an enormous role to play and we should concern ourselves with that , because it is relevant to us all , wherever we live and whatever part of the country we represent .
2 But we should need to find a crock of gold , my dear , to provide ourselves with all that . ’
3 We have pleased to reserve this hearing until we had had an opportunity of acquainting ourselves with all the circumstances . ’
4 For our Christian message to grow and spread we have to learn to know and share ourselves with each other .
5 We do n't want to find ourselves with any comic exposure unless all the parameters have been examined in-depth . ’
6 In 2 Corinthians 10:12 he says , ‘ We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves .
7 We indulged ourselves with some jars of Marmite and bitter marmalade ( which proved not to go well with rice ) and an emergency medicinal bottle of Grand Marnier .
8 ‘ We made some bad defensive errors we sometimes make it hard for ourselves with some naive defending as a team and this is something we have to improve on . ’
9 There is much abstruse learning on the subject ( see , in particular , the illuminating discussion by Windeyer J. in Mason v. New South Wales , 102 C.L.R. 108 , 139–142 ) , but for present purposes it is not , I think , necessary for us to concern ourselves with this point of classification .
10 We then find ourselves with these two approaches : the simultaneous and the bilingual .
11 Busy th'self with that , ’ and he went out , closing the door .
12 At 30 , McEnroe is beginning to incline towards nostalgia , even though he leaves himself with little time to indulge in the luxury .
13 Endowed , as he was , with a compelling creative genius , he drove himself with little regard for his own health and welfare , contributing ( over and above his journalistic duties ) serial novels , literary and political commentaries , and poems to newspapers , and an increasing flow of scholarly articles and essays to monthly and quarterly journals .
14 The acquisition of the sacred relic of the blood of Christ by the important monastery of Reichenau ( on Lake Constance ) in the 920s , its veneration there , and Otto I 's associating himself with that veneration , is an example of this religious feeling .
15 Even before he was consecrated , and perhaps as soon as he was elected , at a moment when , by ordinary rules of prudence , he should have been thinking of equipping himself with all the forms of expert knowledge required by his new position , he chose one of the group of English monks to be his closest and most constant companion .
16 He was a man who , like Marius Steen , had risen from humble origins to immense wealth and had surrounded himself with all the symbols of the established aristocracy .
17 So the eager tourist , arriving at the station , could arm himself with all the necessary guidance and advice to make the most of his visit and of the railway routes connected with his destination .
18 He plucked out his dagger and hurled himself with all the weight and skill he had upon his enemy .
19 Of course I realise that the fallacy is so crude that it would be below the dignity of any academic economist to soil himself with such much .
20 She understood his need for sport , because she too enjoyed exercise ; what she did not understand was his need to punish himself with such dangerous activities .
21 Clarissa was horrified lest Charles thought of identifying himself with such a call .
22 He is quite determined to master the art of the coracle , though as Comptroller of the Queen 's Household he need not concern himself with such trivialities .
23 He applied for a post in the service of the archduke : but Ferdinand was advised by his mother not to burden himself with such ‘ useless creatures who travel around all over the place , like beggars ’ .
24 The men who sat or lay near to him on the floor had watched with a curiosity that a man who was held in the Transit gaol at Pot'ma should concern himself with such a small matter as the pin-sharp biting of the louse .
25 In his early days at the Bar he supported himself with such kindred activities as washing up at Lyons and libel reading for the News of the World .
26 Chris Patten ( left ) and Michael Heseltine ( right ) : surrounding himself with such figures Major shows a measured approach
27 Earlier that very week , in fact , as he 'd filled up the Jaguar with Gulf-inflated gasoline , he 'd found himself surveying the display of the semi-pornographic magazines arranged along the highest shelf above the dailies ; and re-acquainted himself with such reasonably familiar titles as Men Only , Escort , Knave , Video XXXX , and so many others , each of them enticing the susceptible motorist with its cover of some provocatively posed woman , vast-breasted and voluptuous .
28 It was during this time that James was able to reacquaint himself with another old school chum , Malcolm Nurse .
29 When the jet took off again , Trevor found himself with more patients .
30 By living with ‘ the woman ’ he was undeniably saddling himself with more expense , but consider the gains , he implored .
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