Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pn reflx] with [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't want to find herself with a one-way Goldenrail Supersaver to Belsen . |
| 2 | Isabella Rosellini has armed herself with a fizzing S and V — ve vill , vo n't we ? |
| 3 | For the first time , a major interpretative musician has equipped himself with the necessary skills to mastermind his own visualization of the music he conducts , which allows him , in the process , to offer a new generation of music-lovers a sophisticated set of options for the study and appreciation of music in performance . |
| 4 | What is important to note is that the collaboration between Grover Jackson and Randy Rhoads in designing this guitar was both fruitful and a complete success , because between them they produced an instrument which , in Randy 's hands , has provided itself with an impressive track record . |
| 5 | Feminist sociology , on the other hand , in its critique of the male-centred character of all previous criminology , has involved itself with the traditional criminological concerns . |
| 6 | Those who manage to present themselves with a cool , unemotional middle-class style have a better chance of their messages being responded to . |
| 7 | This gave our people time to familiarise themselves with the new plan before our Appointed Representatives ( ARs ) and Independent Financial Advisers ( IFAs ) received details . |
| 8 | On the other hand , those newcomers who wish to ‘ belong ’ may try to ingratiate themselves with the local population , sometimes — because of their misconceived expectations of village life — with disappointing results . |
| 9 | What was she doing on Noah 's mountain alongside a pilgrim turned fanatic and a bearded peasant with whom she could not communicate , while the rock below them exploded like the gunpowder they had brought to ingratiate themselves with the local chieftains ? |
| 10 | If this is not possible ( and it usually is n't ) , the golden advice at the present time must be to sell first rather than risk lumbering yourself with the crippling expense of having to borrow for several months or possibly longer . |
| 11 | A few developed a liking for the racecourse and as it had been drummed into them to dress correctly for every occasion , somehow they managed to provide themselves with the obligatory long trailing gowns by lending each other clothes and accessories ; they appreciated the elegance of their suave escorts in tail coats and top hats . |
| 12 | You think of the glow of pride that still lingers from your last HVS triumph with embarrassment and try to console yourself with the mitigating circumstances of age , heavy work responsibilities , duty to family , your back problem … |
| 13 | But at least Reebok associated itself with a specific cause — unlike the American television' network that broadcast the Nelson Mandela bash . |
| 14 | We try to involve ourselves with the Austrian authorities as little as possible . ’ |
| 15 | Even here , however , the separate heading is worth preserving , since modern style-studies can and do content themselves with the mere description of distinctive linguistic patterns , abstaining not only from relating them to external factors such as authors or literary movements , but also from attributing to them any specific literary function . |
| 16 | O'Connell gives the example of a State that wishes to associate itself with the primary objectives of a treaty but not with its implementation . |
| 17 | There was persistent rumour ( probably close to the truth ) bandied about by the local gentry , that Anthony Foster had hidden himself with a paid labourer at Cumnor Place . |
| 18 | I had disguised myself with an old cardigan with faded leather elbow patches and a copy of the Daily Express . |
| 19 | Billy had armed himself with a stout stick . |
| 20 | Since people 's self-assessments tend to reflect the way they wish they spoke , Trudgill took it that women wished to identify themselves with a higher social class , and thus that their status aspirations were higher than men 's ( with male informants he found the opposite tendency , which will be discussed later on ) . |
| 21 | After her husband 's death she had borne herself with a mournful dignity which had done her standing no harm , and taken the funeral food to the tomb herself with a regularity and devotion which would have shamed women lamenting better-loved partners . |
| 22 | If he was stupid , Louis would start cutting himself with a broken mic stand at this point , and their drummer would smash his headphones . |
| 23 | But once the business had been established and the initial problems of setting it up had been dealt with , she had found herself with a certain amount of time at her disposal , time to relax , time to remember . |
| 24 | He had thought he could look at a picture of Wyvis Hall , a photograph he had taken himself with a cheap camera Zosie had stolen , with equanimity and even a rueful amusement , but it appeared he could not . |
| 25 | The Wedding Present had managed themselves with a satisfying degree of success until Hallin 's arrival and it would appear that at first there was little for him to actually do . |
| 26 | The Socialists wanted to dissociate themselves with the republican government , which was losing its strength and unity . |
| 27 | The marketing agents , Telemundi , have found themselves with the unenviable task of selling an event that has yet to capture the imagination of public and sponsors in a soccer-mad-country at a time when all media resources are concentrated on the approaching Olympic Games . |
| 28 | In F15 Strike Eagle from Microprose , for example , you even have to acquaint yourself with the top-gun slang used by the US air force . |
| 29 | Harassed by creditors , and pressed by the Treasury to render his long overdue chamber accounts , he fled to Hanover , where he attempted to ingratiate himself with the electoral family . |
| 30 | When taking a train journey women were advised to equip themselves with the largest hat-pin they could find and if travelling by night , or through a tunnel , they were to sit bolt upright , hat-pin clenched between the teeth in case of attack . |