Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact she almost expected them to accuse her of causing the conscience-prodding dip into their pockets . |
| 2 | So I suppose I led you into thinking the exact opposite — that I had a swinging social life . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I involved myself by phoning the hotel to find out from the boss what was going on . |
| 4 | I 'd like to take it on holiday but how do I pack it without ruining the pleats ? |
| 5 | I 'm sure I catch something about meeting the Prime Minister.He bounds down to meet me , spruce and sporty in blazer and striped tie . |
| 6 | Could I improve it by running the gearbox on TQF instead of GTX oil ? |
| 7 | ‘ I amazed myself by ripping the ball at the flag . ’ |
| 8 | I consoled myself by drinking a lot of warm red Martini . |
| 9 | And he accepted these conditions believing , no doubt ( if he thought of it at all ) , that I fulfilled myself by providing the conditions he as an artist needed . |
| 10 | ‘ I think that secretly , deep down , I hated myself for taking the job . ’ |
| 11 | She stumbled on in this manner for some time before I talked her into accepting a chair and a cuppa . |
| 12 | Afterwards I indulged myself by repeating the words several times . |
| 13 | When he came home he was distant and vague , and preoccupied , and in the end I accused him of having a mistress . ’ |
| 14 | I resigned myself to becoming a brilliant restaurant manager because I thought I had missed my chance of becoming a chef . |
| 15 | I admire him for remembering the day . |
| 16 | I thank you for taking the trouble to share your concerns with me , and hope that you will find the response reassuring . |
| 17 | An hour or so later , Roger honoured his cafe-culture principles and I compromised mine by patronising the plastic vulgarity of the deserted skiers ' day lodge . |
| 18 | I salute him for having the courage to come off the fence ; though he leaves many of his colleagues still perching there . |
| 19 | I join him in congratulating the industry on its export achievements — something that we never hear from the Labour party . |
| 20 | Eventually , I contemplated myself into making a decision that would build another pond on part of my patio . |
| 21 | As the buzz or the haze receded , and as I chewed the last tasteless fragment of sandwiched thermoplastic , I steadied myself by counting the melamine tables and counting the chairs and counting the customers and counting the sticky sauce bottles and the dome-shaped salt cellars and the cups , the plates , the cutlery , the ashtrays , anything in sight . |
| 22 | I pride myself on having a slightly more sophisticated sense of humour than that . ’ |
| 23 | I am writing these lines on the last day of 1986 , the deadline I set myself for reaching the Great Glen with my pen . |
| 24 | Meantime at Southampton University , which prides itself on having the largest optoelectronics research group in the UK with 100 scientists , its own fabrication facilities and 35 dark room labs , activities are focussed on a variety of optical fibre , laser and sensor devices . |
| 25 | It was this change of circumstances which led me in announcing the making of the emergency order to say that W. 's wishes were no longer of weight . |
| 26 | The only thing which stopped him from making an outright proposal of marriage was the knowledge that he had no security to offer whatsoever . |
| 27 | Lowe continued his career until 1871 when he fell victim to a pulmonary disease which prevented him from joining the services for the deaf at the new St. Saviour 's Church . |
| 28 | Born into a provincial Liberal family in 1858 , Hobson developed unorthodox views which prevented him from securing an academic career in his chosen field of economics . |
| 29 | Was n't it plain , common or garden cowardice , not the sturdy self-righteousness I 'd credited myself with , which prevented me from ending the whole business ? |
| 30 | If private property is to be legitimate within the framework of a liberal society it is also necessary to show that there are constraints which prevent it from becoming a source of power which threatens the liberty of the individual or rivals the power of the state . |