Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb base] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Climbing over them , I nearly cut mesen in half . |
| 2 | The great goods depots of London possess an importance superior even to that of the passenger termini themselves and furnish to the keen observer fields of study every whit as interesting as those afforded by the heterogeneous masses of humanity which daily pack themselves into express and local trains . |
| 3 | For example , it can be argued that between the orally produced blues of the solitary rural Southern black and the equally orally produced collective ‘ gospel song ’ of black Southern churches there are some rather crucial sociological differences , which typically manifest themselves in clear musical contrasts ( secular/religious ; personal/group ; solo/choral ; rhapsodic/iterative ; free rhythm/ strong pulse ; and so on ) . |
| 4 | Recipients of many conifers have been the National Parks which now find themselves under serious threat from developers instead of trees . |
| 5 | The best thing about TAG 's heartening play ( recently returned from a British Council trip to Singapore ) is its sympathetic , though occasionally sentimental , view of what life is like for people who courageously transplant themselves into another culture . |
| 6 | Girls who suddenly find themselves with enormous breasts may collapse in on themselves in embarrassment or try to hide behind folded arms , and the result is an equally collapsed voice which often gives out altogether at crucial moments . |
| 7 | Those who now equip themselves with good educational qualifications , training in modern management techniques , write and speak fluently and are comfortable with modern technology , will find satisfying and rewarding careers in either public relations or advertising . |
| 8 | You really see yourself in such an image , Hal ? ’ |
| 9 | And I 've known you a lot longer than has your so-called friend Rainbow here , thanks to whom you now find yourself in this lousy fix . ’ |
| 10 | With school holidays in mind consider a visit to Van Hage 's garden centre at Great Amwell , near Ware in Hertfordshire , where the rest of the family can enjoy a great day out while you quietly lose yourself in one of the most impressive houseplant departments in the country . |
| 11 | We then find ourselves with these two approaches : the simultaneous and the bilingual . |
| 12 | They therefore form themselves into various groups in which they identify themselves as ‘ we ’ , as distinct from those who are outside and described as ‘ they ’ . |