Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reserve , the indifference and the blasé outlook which urbanites manifest in their relationships may thus be regarded as devices for immunizing themselves against the personal claims and expectations of others . |
| 2 | This kind of argument reads well in Callinicos ' hands , but it is worth reminding ourselves of the unattractive reality to which it bears witness . |
| 3 | It is not worth driving yourself to the major airports in the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | CHESTER 'S former town crier was continuing his recovery in hospital yesterday after turning himself into a human fireball last week . |
| 5 | And this , after spending themselves to the last ounce , only within the last three weeks , and being greeted everywhere with roaring crowds and cheering streets and the appearance of universal applause and approbation . |
| 6 | A SEX pest who stalked TV weathergirl Ulrika Jonsson died after throwing himself under an express train , it was revealed last night . |
| 7 | In his turn , Tran Van Hieu knelt to perform the same silent acts of obeisance as the older man , but after prostrating himself for the third time , he remained on his knees and to his children 's surprise began to pray aloud . |
| 8 | In 1862 the regime was hesitant about addressing itself to the broad governmental and social implications of the emancipation of the serfs , but new developments in the military and fiscal spheres signalled that its enthusiasm for reform was returning . |
| 9 | It is often possible , then , to understand and so overcome spelling errors , once you understand why you are making an error and can work out a way of reminding yourself of the correct form . |
| 10 | For the rest of us , coming to terms with our grey hair and living with it may be a practical way of encouraging us to come to terms with our chronological age and of easing ourselves into a new age group . |
| 11 | It is up to social workers and the legal system to find ways of supporting rather than hindering parents and children in the difficult task of building themselves into a new family . |
| 12 | They are not capable of organizing themselves in a directional , creative manner . |
| 13 | In Kingsley 's social novels particularly , the diseases of the poor have a way of transmitting themselves to the other nation by way of their omissions — neglected ponds or the products of tailors ’ sweat-shops . |
| 14 | On the other side , men of letters have so few opportunities of applying themselves to the general practice that the rules they lay down , however plausible they may seem in the closet , would often ruin the honest gardener who should venture to follow them . |
| 15 | Partly in the hope of keeping himself on the straight and narrow — you 'd be surprised how many gay men do that — and partly because he thought it would do his career a bit of good . |
| 16 | It contains religious admonition despite announcing itself as a secular ordinance , and many chapters are about the promotion of Christianity and the welfare of the church , while some of the secular material reflects the ecclesiastical desire for justice , public order and the protection of the weak . |
| 17 | A Devil , mischievous , destructive but lovable , appears and contrives by various ruses , such as that of disguising himself as a beautiful girl , to amuse himself in causing havoc and death among the soldiers and finally , by playing furiously upon his violin , to force the villagers to dance to death . |
| 18 | However , he appreciated the cathartic nature of expressing himself through the written word . |
| 19 | All the evidence seems to indicate that he had become a half-hearted Anglican — perhaps that was a safer way , after all , of establishing yourself as a respectable tradesman than anything which smacked in any way of revolt or radicalism ? |
| 20 | But senior party figures will privately be far from unhappy ; a Labour victory would have destroyed their long-term goal of establishing themselves as the main opposition to the Conservatives . |
| 21 | But senior party figures privately will be far from unhappy ; a Labour victory would have destroyed their long-term goal of establishing themselves as the main opposition to the Conservatives . |
| 22 | That too is why we welcome the appointment by the Government of consultants to examine the feasibility of privatisation as an important step along the path of establishing ourselves as an independent business . |
| 23 | THE development of Britain 's atomic power programme could be resurrected under plans being considered by British Nuclear Fuels which is looking at the feasibility of establishing itself as a major player in the post-privatisation electricity market . |
| 24 | Government critics predicted that violence would now escalate , arguing that Fujimori had played into the hands of Sendero , which had long wished to provoke a military coup in the hope of establishing itself as the sole democratic force opposed to a repressive government . |
| 25 | After years of immersing myself in a new culture , I went to my local GP with a long letter explaining my wish to see a psychiatrist . |
| 26 | In conversations snatched in the backs of taxis between meetings , and in office anterooms , Branson spoke about the process of turning himself into a public figure if the airline were to succeed , fully aware of the consequences . |
| 27 | The party bureaucrats were accused of turning themselves into a new bourgeoisie whose revolutionary spirit had given way to capitalist tendencies . |
| 28 | ‘ It requires a continuous programme of selling themselves to the Catholic community . |
| 29 | Morceli says he is ‘ 80 per cent ’ confident of providing himself with the perfect 23rd birthday present by eclipsing Eamonn Coghlan 's ten-year-old mile mark of 3min 49.78sec but Norman believes other records will also tumble , with Colin Jackson in the 60m hurdles and Murray providing the British challenge . |
| 30 | Nor did he much approve of subjecting himself to the nervous exhaustion of house parties as other peoples ' guest . |