Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I reproach myself at the same time . |
| 2 | I comforted myself with a few thoughts of what I would do to the culprit if I ever caught him ; realised that was highly unlikely , and headed for the golf course . |
| 3 | Occasionally I treated myself to a half hour browse in a bookshop . |
| 4 | Again I accept the constant parental care has been of the highest calibre and I remind myself of the many tributes to the quality of that care in the evidence before me . |
| 5 | Helping an elderly parent through her sorrow can be a long , hard haul , but very rewarding in the end — not only in terms of her recovery , but also because , if you find yourself in the same position in later years , you will look back on this experience you shared with her and find that it has left you with a far deeper understanding of grief , and a greater confidence in the healing power of time to see you through your own period of adjustment to loss . |
| 6 | We contented ourselves with a few small purchases , but will probably go there for some more serious shopping before the end of our stay in Peking , as it is obviously the best place in the country for buying touristy things . |
| 7 | When George Abbott , the Archbishop of Canterbury , accidentally shot dead a gamekeeper , Andrewes , as a member of a commission of enquiry , urged his colleagues ‘ Brethren , be not too busy to condemn any for uncanonicles according to the strictness thereof , lest we render ourselves in the same condition . ’ |
| 8 | The world would be a more stable and therefore a better place if we extinguished ourselves in the same place where we first saw the light of day , and if we spent the intervening time in as small a circumference as a day 's walking permits . |
| 9 | How can they compare themselves to a former professional player who has played in front of ten or twenty thousand people ? ’ |
| 10 | They place themselves on the same plane as trees or stones . |
| 11 | As they served themselves from the many little dishes , Maura surveyed her companion . |
| 12 | Here they established themselves in a former clan stronghold , the island castle of Eilean Donan , at the point where Loch Alsh divided into Loch Long and Loch Duich , the latter giving access , via Glen Shiel , Glen Moriston and Loch Ness , to the route to Inverness . |
| 13 | The former '80s high flier is already well on the way to digging itself out of the mess it got itself into a few years back . |
| 14 | One night , he found himself with a few other police enveloped in the hatred of a black township uprising . |
| 15 | He satisfied himself with a few words of hurried consultation during a House of Commons debate . |
| 16 | Now he finds himself in the same position as his predecessor — a relative conservative whose time is past . |
| 17 | Off the field , he conducted himself with the same composure and dignity as he did whenever he pulled on the white shirt of England or the claret and blue of West Ham . |