Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [coord] [verb] [pn reflx] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went to my room and calmed myself with some invisible mending . |
| 2 | But there are a few who are questioning the state of play , and who agree with Ben Whitaker ( 1979 : 312 ) when he urged ‘ that police thinking would profit if it more often came out of its shell and concerned itself with wider questions about the role of the police and human relations ’ . |
| 3 | In cultures the world over , women ( and in many cultures , men too ) have made their skin silky by bathing in oils , scented themselves with delicious perfumes , draped themselves in satin , velvet , silk and feathers , braided , brushed or oiled their hair , painted their lips and darkened their eyes and weighted themselves with gold and silver , or heavy ornaments . |
| 4 | Many blind people struggle to pay their bills and provide themselves with the necessities of life . |
| 5 | He plucked out his dagger and hurled himself with all the weight and skill he had upon his enemy . |
| 6 | ‘ Damnation ’ will approach his target and introduce himself with an opening line which usually goes something like , ‘ Hi . |
| 7 | After your bath or shower , grit your teeth and splash yourself with cold water ! |