Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Role play also lends itself to every aspect of language work , including structures , lexis , functions , intonation patterns , and register . |
| 62 | The newspaper slowly unfolded itself on the mat , flopping open to reveal some glossy law magazine that had been placed inside . |
| 63 | Winton duly threw himself into the muddled affairs of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia , a group of diverse personalities whose good intentions far outstretched their capacity to offer constructive help . |
| 64 | Schmidt suddenly found himself in the space between them , his hand outstretched for the lock . |
| 65 | ‘ Internationally , ’ the Jerusalem Post noted , ‘ Israel suddenly finds itself in a glare of warm light as excruciatingly awkward as it is refreshingly flattering — a position of strength based almost entirely on passivity . |
| 66 | In examining my own background it seems logical to refer to the findings of Selvini Palazzoli and Minuchin on the families of anorexics , but whereas Minuchin especially confines himself to the family ambience at the time of the onset of the disease , I should like to say a little more about the genesis of that family ambience . |
| 67 | In extremely dry periods , the lungfish of Africa just bury themselves in the mud at the bottom of their temporary ponds , and wait for as long as it takes until it rains again . |
| 68 | The quest for identifiable crime-prone personality types has included learning theorists as well as heredity theorists , psychoanalysts ( ‘ anti-social ’ or ‘ affectionless ’ personality theories ) , and studies not concerning themselves with the question of how such types come about . |
| 69 | Just as there was no unique Greek idea of time , the history of the human race also presented itself to the Greeks in various forms . |
| 70 | In other words , the document is a statement of a problem from which the writers clearly regard themselves as the innocent sufferers . |
| 71 | Managers mainly comfort themselves in the knowledge that physical and financial resources for clinical work are in short supply in the NHS . |
| 72 | This moral underlay even shows itself in the fervour and intensity with which relativists dismiss those who disagree with them as " dogmatic " . |
| 73 | MILLIONAIRE oilman David Elton killed his wife then drowned himself in a fit of despair after losing his high-flying job . |
| 74 | He was told to unlock the premises and his assailants then helped themselves to a large quantity of cigarettes and cash . |
| 75 | Woking virtually assured themselves of the Diadora League Premier Division title by winning 3–1 at Harrow Borough . |
| 76 | To my personal embarrassment to the extent that I was a party to the majority of the decisions to which I have referred , I have to say that I think that this court again finds itself in the same position . |
| 77 | In contrast to the learned shepherd , the flock has not had occasion either to familiarise itself with the evidence in question or to confront the inconsistencies between scriptural accounts and the actual historical backdrop . |
| 78 | Single tartan-style cloches certainly lend themselves to a kitchen garden , although they do n't come cheap — prices start at £58 . |
| 79 | By using Yagüe as his intermediary , however , Franco effectively distanced himself from the horror . |
| 80 | The animal , sensing a new danger , shook its horns furiously to free itself from the encumbrance , and the already unconscious senator was catapulted into the thorns , where he lay without moving . |
| 81 | For Dorothea suddenly saw herself as an old woman badgering a friend into giving up her time and company , and , self-sufficient as she had always been , the picture repelled her . |
| 82 | Having ridden the contradictions , the paper suddenly found itself in the middle of them . |
| 83 | Only on Wednesday night , back in his Islwyn constituency , did Kinnock finally free himself from the trappings of self-importance imposed by his minders . |
| 84 | Abolitionists thus presented themselves to the world and to each other as part of a continuous progress despite the significant disjunctures in the movement 's history discussed in the last chapter ( pp.65–6 ) . |
| 85 | Mayne quickly established himself as the most exceptional officer in Stirling 's rapidly expanding SAS force , which became the 1st Special Air Service Regiment in September 1942 , with Stirling in command as lieutenant-colonel . |
| 86 | Agency staff sometimes question themselves about a discharger 's economic position and his capacity to comply with the parameters and limits which they would ideally like to impose . |
| 87 | Another woman resolutely described herself as a ‘ shrink wrapper ’ rather than a housewife . |
| 88 | These refusals were mainly from relatively high-status households , and where they were not categorical ( for example , people sometimes excused themselves on the grounds that they were too busy to be interviewed ) , were dealt with initially by a follow-up visit . |
| 89 | ’ — Whatever lies to the west , to invite the people there to submit themselves to the protection of our rule . ’ |
| 90 | This was not common practice but it reached its apotheosis in the 1945 general election when the Observer completely detached itself from the political parties and carried articles by representatives of each of the main parties . |