Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pn reflx] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Individuals who repeatedly take overdoses or injure themselves constitute a group for which there is a considerable dearth of information , both of the causes of this behaviour and means of providing effective help . |
| 2 | He came back to England and went on drinking champagne alone , and nerved himself to do a TV series without Fred . |
| 3 | There , she stamped hard on a bolt of panic that would have her turning swiftly about , and made herself press the porcelain doorbell . |
| 4 | She heads an executive committee of about 20 and has herself instigated the Westminster meeting , which she describes as ‘ my baby ’ . |
| 5 | At 3.00 pm I had my first ‘ informal ’ meeting with the CIEFL staff and students , and found myself addressing an audience of some 40 persons on communicative grammar and semantics . |
| 6 | He looked down at it and found himself reading an account of Mary Connon 's death . |
| 7 | It happened that he decided to go back and found himself commanding a squadron on operations at about the same time that Salmon and Gluxstein as we called the two German battle wagons , decided to leave Brest , head up through the Channel and escape the wrath of the Navy and whatever airborne effort we could produce in the teeth of extraordinarily adverse weather conditions at the time . |
| 8 | General Montgomery , who had been brought back from Italy to take a very prominent part in the ‘ D day ’ operation and the subsequent advance through France , Belgium , Holland and Germany , had been appointed Field Marshall and found himself considered a hero of the people , wherever he went . |
| 9 | Jessamy looked at him and found herself noticing the changes in him . |
| 10 | I sat by Toby , and stopped myself asking the questions which were dashing through my head . |
| 11 | On several later occasions we returned to the pool , and tried ourselves to attract the eels with rice from both above and beneath the water . |
| 12 | She turned away and busied herself straightening the bed . |
| 13 | Now there was no choice but to raise her eyes and let herself see the house . |
| 14 | In the market , she was told that it was Mrs Browning 's old hero , the French Emperor Louis Napoleon , who had landed at Genoa and pledged himself to help the Italians drive out the Austrians . |
| 15 | I dress in the red blouse and black skirt , and watch myself do a twirl in the mirror . |
| 16 | Use the towel to wipe the blood off your arm and get yourself dressed a bit . ’ |
| 17 | When she returned , they rearranged themselves more decorously on rocks and set themselves to recover the mood that had been lost . |
| 18 | At some point during the evening , Tallis-Holly went to the crouching wary form of the woman , and watched herself watching the Daurog , and saw the fear and the tiredness in her eyes . |
| 19 | Travel — Holidays On The Move : On an old boat to Luxor Tom Pocock cruises down the Nile and finds himself becoming an Egyptologist in a matter of days |
| 20 | Before she could think or reason she levelled the gun at the face before her and felt herself pull the trigger . |
| 21 | When she looked up the mountainside , as if searching for help there , I realized that she still had fear of me , little knowing the true state of affairs , and felt herself like an animal in a trap . |
| 22 | Peter gazed out of the window as if steeling himself to make a confession . |
| 23 | He then takes this brief to heart , and sets himself to provide an analysis of the state that avoids a formidable list of errors . |
| 24 | Instead he swore at God and man , and drank himself to sleep every night . |
| 25 | Lisa stared hard into the fire as despair flooded through her , then , fighting for control , she raised her cup to her lips and forced herself to drink a mouthful of warm tea . |
| 26 | We hope this service will be to your benefit and help yourself to break the ice for your new introduction as we fully understand the situation of meeting that special person . |
| 27 | Jesus believed it statements , endorsed its teaching , obeyed its commands , and set himself to fulfil the pattern of redemption which it laid down . |
| 28 | I was supposed to be investigating the latest camcorder craze to sweep America — amateur home porn — but found myself dreading the thought of viewing the tapes . |
| 29 | Canny and careful , the Qataris had watched Abu Dhabi grow like a hot-house flower , but decided themselves to follow the path of the tortoise . |
| 30 | In his spare time he became more and more interested in amateur dramatics , as well as teaching himself to play the violin . |