Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is most emphatically not the same as blaming ourselves or burdening ourselves with an unnecessary load of guilt . |
| 2 | Pylons strode down from it , past a settlement and a water-tower on the plain due south of me and lost themselves in the haze to the west . |
| 3 | I gave Becky to them and lowered myself into the water . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm pleading with you and mocking myself at the same time : how can you bear to resist ? ’ |
| 5 | The idea of town planning was something that presented itself as an answer to a problem or group of problems which had arisen in contemporary urban life ’ ( Ashworth , 1954 ) . |
| 6 | Among the multiple realities there is one that presents itself as the reality par excellence . |
| 7 | It is a dramatic change , and not one that recommends itself to the city 's residents . |
| 8 | I have to know everything and fling myself into the 3rd century . |
| 9 | To ask for more for herself and put herself in a position of coming first felt too greedy and dangerous . |
| 10 | The men surged round him and jostled themselves to a standstill . |
| 11 | He gave support to William Wallace in his fight for Scottish independence but deserted him and aligned himself with the English King Edward I who was trying to dominate Scotland . |
| 12 | The plaintiff then instituted proceedings against the defendants claiming damages for their breach of duty in failing to disclose material information to him and placing themselves in a position where their duties and interests conflicted . |
| 13 | Charlotte was glad of the excuse to leave him and busy herself in the kitchen . |
| 14 | But Jane insists she 's still a Gazza fan … and that no-one would be happier than her if he put his troubles behind him and established himself as the best , as well as the most talked about , footballer in the world . |
| 15 | She wanted only to rid herself of the blocks Ewan had inflicted on her and lose herself in a new future . |
| 16 | ‘ Should I really ? ’ she said , looking at the wine glass doubtfully , speaking as much to dispel the strange feeling that was coming over her every time she looked at him as to reassure herself over the wine . |
| 17 | It provokes an answer , anticipates it and structures itself in the answer 's direction . ’ |
| 18 | Many other organisations are envious of all the In-Service training we provide , so do your best to support it and enjoy yourself at the same time ! |
| 19 | It moves me playing it and it upsets me playing it , it 's very upsetting to play Alfie , because A he 's such a disastrous man as a person d you know you think oh god I do n't really wan na be playing this man for sixteen weeks but the part is so wonderful and the play is so rich that you ca n't help s sort of s submitting to it and putting yourself in the position of being a masochist I suppose . |
| 20 | We saw in Chapter 1 that , in Britain , there is some dispute as to when rehabilitation began to make serious inroads into penal practice : Foucault saw it as manifesting itself in the rise of the prison as the dominant penal institution ; Garland puts it much later , in the early part of this century . |
| 21 | As far as she was aware , no one had cut themselves or pricked themselves with a needle . |
| 22 | Within Royal Ordnance which I have resumed the responsibility for I do n't know , Mr Chairman , I convened a meeting of the convenors to introduce myself and to familiarize myself with the movement and the industry only for the company to announce thirteen hundred redundancies , as we were meeting . |
| 23 | They are generally thought to be striking at Hipparchos not shown , an interesting but rather surprising concept ; one might rather see them as defending themselves against the bodyguard which cut them down . |