Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] [pn reflx] in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today a substantial winter population has re-established itself in both harbours and is still increasing ; there is little doubt that the numbers involved are now far greater than ever before . |
| 2 | This desire has shewn itself in some minds in the advocacy of the introduction of some new style especially marking our own age , in others in the wish to see the Architecture which so especially belongs to our own and immediately neighbouring Countries , — and which for some classes of buildings has already been so completely revived , — adapted to the especial requirements of our own times and all the inventions habits and comforts incident to them . |
| 3 | This commitment has manifested itself in many ways , e.g. sending out people to speak at schools , inviting school groups to tour the centre , awarding business scholarships to sixth formers and taking on pupils for work experience . |
| 4 | Rentokil have established themselves in this market through a unique management structure . |
| 5 | And it is apparent that Ackroyd has found himself in this manner — through exposure to Wilde , Eliot , and now Chatterton . |
| 6 | However , the fact that an employer may have evidence to support his claim does not preclude the employee from arguing that the employer has conducted himself in such a way that despite an express clause confidentiality no longer exists . |
| 7 | If danger threatens powerful muscles can snap the valves tightly shut , and once a bivalve has closed itself in this way it can be very difficult to force it open — it has ‘ clammed ’ up . |
| 8 | I am rather surprised that Martin Frears has found himself in this predicament . |
| 9 | Mr Ceausescu had encased himself in such an impeneterable fortress that Gorbachev spared the Romanian leader from the warning he was to deliver later to Erich Honecker , that ageing leaders who failed to reform in time would pay dearly . |