Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AS the curtain comes down on Courage League rugby for 1992 , the game 's elite are gearing themselves for the biggest dog-fight since the competition 's inception six years ago . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , back at the ivory tower , lobby groups are busying themselves with the legal questions while waiting to get the big question answered ( i.e. why do people do it ? ) . |
| 3 | For this in Edinburgh there is a sort of a forum where er organizations are set themselves round the table and say this is what , the sort of idea that we 're gon na do for the next year and a half |
| 4 | In these pre-Cubist paintings of 1907 and 1908 it is as if Picasso were preparing himself for the difficulties involved in creating a new style by taking stock afresh of some of the basic problems inherent in all painting since the invention of illusionistic perspective . |
| 5 | By the end of the tour kids were throwing themselves at the stage like little ‘ kamikazis ’ . |
| 6 | With more emphasis on household products , does this mean that Marks and Spencer is turning itself into a supermarket ? |
| 7 | ‘ In a way , Jeff is putting himself in the position of being a cultural martyr , ’ says Ned Rifkin , exhibition curator for Washington DC 's Hirshhorn Museum , part of the prestigious Smithsonian Institution . |
| 8 | ENGLISH football is bracing itself for an invasion of South African soccer talent . |
| 9 | Yes , in his own quiet way Summerchild is presenting himself to an audience . |
| 10 | Stylistically , Samson is distancing itself from the very audience it should inspire , but by doing so Milton is helping to avoid potential censorship and a silencing altogether . |
| 11 | David was warming himself by a fire in the centre of the hut ; he was almost nude and had never worn anything other than a coarse blanket which was slightly tied round him to cover his back . |
| 12 | But the Dalek Killer was throwing himself at the golden cloud . |
| 13 | However , an increasing number of countries are committing themselves to the goal of immunising 80% of their children by 1990 under the World Health Organization 's Extended Programme on Immunisation ( EPI ) . |
| 14 | In the field of computer printers companies are readying themselves for the challenge of Europe , Lyndhurst West previews the starting grid . |
| 15 | But the Conservatives are bracing themselves for a map of somewhat different complexion on Friday morning , if the opinion polls ’ verdicts prove true , with most of the changes wrought by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 16 | while country areas were bracing themselves for the influx of tragic refugees or louse-infested slave labour , depending on the children 's luck . |
| 17 | While all you fairweather golfers were fattening yourselves for the spring sunshine , I was running 15 miles a week in an effort to gain the necessary fitness for a 27-tournament season . |
| 18 | The hackers were surpassing themselves in the inventive ways they hit the ball badly , and often , and in the wrong direction . |
| 19 | ‘ Captain Hook 's drowned hisself in the river , ’ he babbled . |
| 20 | Alexander was disporting himself about the boat . |
| 21 | It was Saturday morning and suburbia was busying itself with the tasks it likes so much . |
| 22 | Warden was enjoying himself in the background : it was a new experience to see someone else tackling Buchanan rather than the other way round . |
| 23 | Sir Charles Webb-Bowen was delivering himself of a homily . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , the Chancellor was bracing himself for a furious political storm when he unveils his autumn package on Thursday , including a mystery ‘ fiscal package ’ ministers are remaining tight-lipped about . |
| 25 | He decided that the only way to avoid spending the rest of his life in the workhouse was to exhibit himself as a freak , and so he offered himself to Sam Torr , who ran a music-hall , the Gaiety Palace of Varieties . |
| 26 | COUNSELLORS are bracing themselves for a flood of inquiries when a TV drama is screened exposing a child migration scheme which shamed Britain . |
| 27 | To sit down in meditation and think of these mystical ideas is to poise oneself for the transcendent journey . |
| 28 | This implies that the vendor is representing itself as an insurer whereas the real claim is the full value of the damages suffered by the breach of contract ; ( d ) ensuring the purchaser acknowledges it has not relied on any representation other than those incorporated in the sale agreement and that it shall not have any right to rescind the sale agreement . |
| 29 | BODO 'S EPIC misinterpretation of my failure at Lani 's established itself as the authorized version of events . |
| 30 | Professor Moravcsik is addressing himself to a vast audience , from high school students to politically responsible adults . |