Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the visit Archipenko told Modigliani to help himself to the fruit and vegetables in their garden which he took back to Jeanne and her mother as a peace offering . |
| 2 | Gazzer thought his tired arms would crack with the strain when he had to help Simon pull himself to the top of the gates … . |
| 3 | Initiative members argue an ACE/Intel machine would have helped Intel distinguish itself from the cloners nipping most furiously at its heels . |
| 4 | From the window , Buzz could see Clare sunning herself on the terrace below . |
| 5 | But however much he hated the thought of allowing Sara to commit herself to a man she had never met , he knew her too well and loved her too much to try to keep her at home against her will . |
| 6 | But you seem to forget Kinsella regards himself as a patriot . |
| 7 | It was the belief that France and Germany would not prove ready to join a common market , and that the scheme would collapse , that led Britain to distance itself from the Spaak committee late in the year . |
| 8 | She gave Victoria a banana whenever she saw her and would tell Melanie to help herself from the baskets of nuts . |
| 9 | Ellie cried , as she saw Mike hurling himself at the unprepared Patsy . |
| 10 | These theories enabled Prussia to present herself as the motor of German unification , a metaphor which connotes both power and a leading role . |
| 11 | Did Bonnie enjoy herself in the end ? |
| 12 | Why then , in view of this spectacular success , did France find herself within a week declaring war on Prussia ? |
| 13 | Thus did T'sao rid himself of the most able man in his enemies ' camp for no greater price than the life of a condemned man . |
| 14 | Concern 's chief executive , Aengus Finucane , in Somalia on a visit , said : ‘ Wendy Murphy , a nurse who was with Valerie , said Valerie threw herself to the floor of the car when the shooting started . |
| 15 | Police were called to the shop in Southampton after a passer-by spotted Urben lowering himself through the roof into the showroom . |
| 16 | A day later , Corbett sat on the edge of his own bed in Leighton Manor watching Maeve busy herself round the room . |
| 17 | Haim Maccoby addressed himself to the historical Jesus in Revolution in Judea , as did Geza Vermes in such works as Jesus the Jew . |
| 18 | Whereas hypocrisy in the tragic mode is usually revealed to the audience directly , in advance of the action , here Shakespeare makes Angelo declare himself to a second person , Isabella , confident that — as Falstaff says when he is planning his pretence of having killed Hotspur in battle — ‘ Nothing confutes me but e-yes , and nobody sees me ’ ( 1 Henry IV V.iv.125f ) : And indeed , Angelo 's position is impregnable , unless some force from outside , with superior knowledge , can expose him . |
| 19 | Orlan , 45 , is currently showing a video of her last operation as she tours Australia to display herself as a living work of art . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's what I call the devil now , ’ explained Lydia recalling herself to the conversation . |