Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [art] [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then his face contorted in pain , and she knew instinctively with infinite relief that it was the face of a man reluctantly denying himself the sexual release he patently craved by wielding a superhuman control . |
| 2 | Then Gina began to laugh , looking at the absurdity of it all , and he was startled for a moment , then allowed himself a cautious smile which spread until they were both shaking with relief , an incongruous couple with Gina bulky in Hugh 's shabby old jacket , and Arthur in a brand-new sheepskin coat over his suit . |
| 3 | In his exchange with Nastasya he reveals himself an underground man who has wandered into a nineteenth-century naturalistic novel , a bohemian Hamlet . |
| 4 | So the other night my , the girl next door to us , her husband does painting and he 'd just got himself a new van I said fucking hell I said to him sometimes I said there 's a van outside I wan na know who it is , is that still on ? |
| 5 | On March 11 it voted to proclaim itself a sovereign body whose decisions would be binding and not subject to government authority . |
| 6 | A lass in Low Newton hanged herself the second time I was in there . |
| 7 | In the 19th Century the working classes , exasperated by their plight and the lack of initiative of their employers , formed into trades unions to give themselves the corporate strength which individuals lacked . |
| 8 | We blitzed ourselves a little bit I think you know , back pass we talked about , no back passes , ball gambles and everything , in he goes , two free headers basically . |
| 9 | Or perhaps she could be like Merlyn Joseph and find herself a rich man who would install her in a yacht . |
| 10 | stopping myself the only way I could — |
| 11 | He would , I said , do himself an immense disservice which he would indeed regret and from which he would never recover . |
| 12 | Life in Ireland had rubbed some of the English corners down ; she had adapted very quickly to the relaxed way of living , and proved herself a great sport who loved a party and hunted like a demon . |
| 13 | In numerical terms , the nursing workforce renews itself every six years which results in a large population of nurses who are not practising within the NHS . |