Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pn reflx] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having watched television documentaries about life in East Germany , Becker was keen to see for himself for the first time . |
| 2 | It would be misleading to corrall all the donated works into feminist questioning of gendered identity ; one of the freedoms women have won for themselves over the last 20 years has been precisely those freedoms from conventional definition by gender . |
| 3 | ‘ I will escort you up the first flight of stairs , but I shall observe the proprieties by leaving you to look after yourself on the second landing . ’ |
| 4 | It had been with shame and some irritation that he had recognized in himself for the first time the nagging of jealousy . |
| 5 | ‘ So what have you been doing with yourself for the last five years ? ’ he asked , leaning back in his chair and looking quizzically at her . |
| 6 | He refers to himself in the third person quite frequently , almost as if his stage persona is a separate being . |
| 7 | It was at this period that I began to think about myself in the third person : Elizabeth is compassionate and considerate , she thinks how other people might feel . |
| 8 | Think of yourself on the 19th ( the day of the full Moon ) . |
| 9 | My mother was the sort of person who regards talking to yourself as the first sign of madness . |
| 10 | In between these two new efforts sits Filip 's Advanced Workstations & Systems which has , he notes , taken unto itself over the last year all the ingredients needed to be a stand-alone company bar a dedicated sales force . |
| 11 | She could not know the things he had discovered about himself in the last few days . |
| 12 | ‘ The First Law of Sport : Look doubtfully upon the man who talks of himself in the third person ’ . |
| 13 | She said , ‘ I expect it 'll be something you 'll remember and treasure for the rest of your lives , ’ and Carrie was pleased because she sounded like herself for the first time that day . |
| 14 | Annie recalls , in fictional form , the event which led to the rift in their friendship , apparently referring to herself in the third person . |
| 15 | Everything she had tried to achieve for herself during the last four years would have to be tossed away , useless . |