Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not meet his mother from infancy until the age of twelve , when they found themselves accidentally in the same workhouse : but instead of the ‘ gush of tenderness ’ between them of which he had dreamt , ‘ her expression was so chilling that the valves of my heart closed as with a snap … |
| 2 | It will no doubt sort itself out in a few days . ’ |
| 3 | In fact he confirmed it so strongly that we had pulled ourselves together for a few days . |
| 4 | None of the usual tricks for shutting off memory would work now ; whatever he did , whichever way he diverted his attention it would only come wandering back , like a man in a maze who continually finds himself back in the same spot . |
| 5 | ‘ It 'll switch itself off in a few seconds . ’ |
| 6 | Needless to say the Herald proved itself admirably with a few lessons learned for next time . |
| 7 | What did bother her was the realisation that very soon Luke could find himself part of the same mess . |
| 8 | He felt like some programmed thing with a piece of its instructions missing , battering itself repeatedly against the same piece of wall while a door stood open only a few feet away . |
| 9 | Alongside this development have appeared key products such as estate agents services and mortgage facilities , which have established themselves firmly over the same period . |