Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schlick 's murder in 1936 terminated Waismann 's employment and his opportunities for supporting himself by private teaching . |
| 2 | For those thinking of saturating themselves in full-time tuition , a G.I.T. , B.I.T . |
| 3 | Needless to say I 've no intention of committing myself to that particular folly . |
| 4 | But he did not wait for a reply before throwing himself to one side as a sabre whistled down and buried itself deep in the brickwork of the window sill where he had been sitting . |
| 5 | Why do people take so much pleasure in immersing themselves in warm water ? |
| 6 | This way you may be able to get a taste of different or unusual working environments before committing yourself to one or the other . |
| 7 | Very few men took clerical orders in the hope of devoting themselves to pastoral work at parish or diocesan level . |
| 8 | We have pleased to reserve this hearing until we had had an opportunity of acquainting ourselves with all the circumstances . ’ |
| 9 | He deduced that carbon had a combining power ( valency ) of four or two and a unique capacity for joining itself to other atoms of its own kind , the secret of the existence of millions of organic ( carbon ) compounds . |
| 10 | However , people 's capacity for perceiving themselves in this way is not innate ; it is acquired within a framework of established social practices which impose on them the role ( forme ) of a subject . |
| 11 | He was an expert at extracting himself from emotional entanglements … the bitter voices were mocking her … |
| 12 | On Nov. 16 Sihanouk effectively repudiated his tacit understanding with the Khmers Rouges by associating himself with international calls for the prosecution of Pol Pot and others among the leadership for crimes against humanity . |
| 13 | He suffered burns to his upper body after dousing himself in flammable liquid and setting himself alight outside the offices of former girlfriend Sandra Sturgiss . |
| 14 | Jezrael hated being the only one there who wore a bodysuit but she would have hated more the embarrassment of displaying herself with all her imperfections to the crude and lumpen miners . |
| 15 | He has shown courage in exposing himself in public to the danger . |
| 16 | It could also be explained as the product of pride — a disdain for integrating himself into any kind of partisan organization . |
| 17 | ‘ This modern peril of the streets ’ , it was observed , ‘ created something like a reign of terror ’ in which ‘ whole sections of a peaceable city community were on the verge of arming themselves against sudden attack ’ . |
| 18 | Elise Fox , happily unmarried at thirty-two , was rarely without an escort , but never showed the least sign of tying herself to one man for good . |
| 19 | The unguarded nature of the latter , which was never worked over by Thomas , provides occasional glimpses of the youth who left St. Paul 's after his seventeenth birthday in order to achieve a twofold purpose : ostensibly to please his father by attending a few practical evening classes and in the day by preparing himself for some form of Civil Service clerical post , while privately , he sought the freedom of a young nature-writer who was determined to collect his papers into a book . |
| 20 | You can learn how to be a better decision-maker , how to plan and organize things efficiently , how to relax , how to take your mind off your problems by engrossing yourself in other things . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , he had a habit of propping himself on that stool in front of a picture and it must have gone over with him . |
| 22 | It should soon develop a habit of relieving itself in this way when it finds an appropriate spot at the start of its walk . |
| 23 | In clarifying our confidence in another 's consciousness , human or non-human , it was seen to be an error of Griffin 's to pose the problem in terms of putting ourselves into another 's ‘ skin' or to experience their ‘ subjective feelings ’ ( 1984 : 1 , above ) . |
| 24 | Clark Gable , James Cagney and Bogart developed peaceful ways of ridding themselves of these nuisances . |
| 25 | Whatever the size of land or terrace you have at your disposal , a little lateral thinking will prove that there are always ways and means of providing yourself with enough plant material to experiment with the very enjoyable pastime of pressing flowers . |
| 26 | But it would be very odd if a corporation had no means of protecting itself against wrong ; and if its property is injured by slander it has no means of redress except by action . |
| 27 | But it would be very odd if a corporation had no means of protecting itself against wrong ; and if its property is injured by slander it has no means of redress except by action . |
| 28 | The rising hope of English squash , Cassie Jackman , also made the last eight , but dropped the first game before asserting herself against unseeded Linda Charman , who is a vastly improved player this season . |
| 29 | She gets a certain amount of amusement from describing herself in this way , but the verbal presentation of self has a serious purpose : |
| 30 | There are other interest hedging products , such as interest rate options , which allow you , at a price , to benefit from favourable movements in interest rates without locking yourself into future rates should these prove unfavourable . |