Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Oakeshott , something less pretentious will do ; viz. , ‘ that we are not children in statu pupillari but adults who do not consider themselves under any obligation to justify their preference for making their own choices ’ . |
| 2 | For that reason , the Territorial Army does not consider itself in any way a second-class alternative . |
| 3 | I was now certain that I could not see myself in any type of residential home in the future . |
| 4 | But I think we must be given freedom to choose the time and not commit ourselves to any timetable . |
| 5 | I wondered what it was that could come between a husband and wife when their child killed herself away from home and in circumstances for which they could not hold themselves in any way responsible . |
| 6 | Opposition also began to mount among concerned citizens of the area , an opposition which manifested itself both individually and through the Ringaskiddy Residents ' Association , formed two years previously , which had not involved itself in any controversy over previous planning applications for industrial projects in the area . |
| 7 | The pain which is manifest in all the muscles and sinews of the body … does not express itself with any violence either in the face or in the position as a whole . |
| 8 | ‘ You must not reproach yourself at any time . |
| 9 | Wordsworth 's was a face which did not assign itself to any class . |
| 10 | Mr Tebbit was keen yesterday to distance himself from any comparison with Mr Powell . |
| 11 | At the same time , by refusing to adopt a material ought , normative positivism radically separates itself from any suggestion that there is a necessary connection between law and any critical morality . |
| 12 | ‘ Any sponsor would have to realise that although I might lose an occasional race when I could have won , I am able to run far more races and to winy many , only because I do n't put myself under any pressure by expecting or even wanting to win . |
| 13 | Understandably , non-selection for the World Cup was a huge disappointment for Walsh , but his response was phlegmatic : ‘ I did n't put myself under any pressure , because there 's no point . |
| 14 | It 's his 'eart , you know , miss , so he should n't strain himself in any way . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , she could n't imagine herself in any form of intimacy with her employer , much as she liked him . |
| 16 | When she got back to England , and saw Guy Sterne in the cold , rain-soaked light of an English summer day , stability and common sense and some healthy , protective cynicism would undoubtedly reassert themselves without any effort on her part whatsoever . |
| 17 | I 'm just lucky really that I never cut myself to any extent , because if I had tried to ring my bell , they would have said , ‘ Tough , wait until the morning . ’ |