Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This being the case , the couple have to work hard to establish themselves as a new adult unit . |
| 2 | If Protestantism was more Conducive than Catholicism to the expansion of science , one would expect this to manifest itself in a greater receptivity toward new and controversial ideas . |
| 3 | On a crowded traffic way he 'd have been dead in under a minute but the barren landscape of this world offered little in the way of obstacles and the vehicle seemed able to right itself over the irregular peaks that occasionally reared unexpectedly out of the mists . |
| 4 | Indeed , all of Mrs Crump 's not inconsiderable bulk seemed determined to contract itself before the Honourable and her movements , her voice , her gestures declined in decent proportion to her increased sense of intimacy . |
| 5 | Business visitors looking for editorial staff seemed bemused to find themselves in the middle of such a busy and , it has to be said , chatty event . |
| 6 | It appears impossible to detach oneself from the visual analogy sufficiently to criticize it , without finding another to put in its place or balance against it . |
| 7 | As for the drive towards egoism by withdrawing from emotional awareness , in competitive conditions it appears reasonable to detach oneself from the joys as well as the troubles of others , on the calculation that love or trust is likely to be betrayed , and any generous action may be utilized against oneself . |
| 8 | A solitary star plummeted downward to bury itself in the sand beside Alec 's foot . |
| 9 | I collected the boy from his room as you directed , and he saw fit to equip himself in a … presentable manner . ’ |
| 10 | And not only the tabloids : with the exception of Lord Whitelaw , Tory leaders did little to distance themselves from the racist comments of Sir Nicholas Fairbairn and instead came back with very similar language — from ‘ swamping ’ to ‘ Mongol hordes ’ . |
| 11 | Sequencing This concerns itself with the problem of the sequence in which the items in the block are to be taught in relation to their usefulness and difficulty . |
| 12 | Mother looked at them , shook her head and sighed , then advising Etty to rinse herself with the warm water , she turned , stood up , and moved towards the door , unaware that her apron-strings were entangled with a handle of the zinc-tub … |
| 13 | By 1902 Hardy was working on a project which owed its inspiration to boyhood memories of local stories and traditions of Napoleonic times , but had first presented itself as a literary theme in about 1875 . |
| 14 | It remains essential to remind ourselves of the UK 's imperial and industrial past , in understanding its ports , industrial concentrations and London . |
| 15 | Far away we can hear the noise of the wind forcing its way up some narrow gully then bursting free to hurl itself across the plateau we crossed yesterday . |