Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] [pn reflx] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others are those who did not adventure themselves on the Crusade , but stayed to maintain the rights of their absent lords in their proper manors and castles , but as the years passed and their lords did not return they have been turned out from their posts of trust . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't pat yourself on the back too soon . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , make sure you do n't show yourself on the skyline up there . |
| 4 | do n't hit yourself on the head , it 'll hurt , shall I make you say Robert |
| 5 | It does not commend itself on the basis of observable experience in the everyday world , and it can not be easily and rationally justified . |
| 6 | He must seek the advice of the wisest money-brokers and buy a pension scheme if he be self-employed ; he must see to it that he does not over-extend himself on the mortgage front ; he must run a motor car that does n't drink petrol like tapwater and wo n't break him every time it needs a service from a franchised dealer ; above all , he must abstain from vicious pleasures — or if he needs must indulge , then he must do so only in moderation . |
| 7 | If they think I 'm pretty , that 's nice , I 'm complimented ; but if they do n't think I am , I have n't put myself on the line . |