Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The safety of an army in the field is dependent not only on defending itself against direct attack but also on its maintaining open communications with its base … we should be as much concerned with threats to the rear as with threats to the front . |
| 2 | But she did not strike him as a girl who would get much pleasure out of flagellating herself with self-loathing and trembling hypocrisy . |
| 3 | Stanley 's third book , the one he threw out before reducing himself to this final minimum , was Salammbô . |
| 4 | His flesh was red and raw , but even after wounding himself like that , which must have been pretty painful , he did n't stop . |
| 5 | Simply by reminding himself of this fact , he felt inspired by a new confidence and was just about to lift Cleo physically from her seat when yet another resident of the house made an appearance . |
| 6 | Artists and the artistic community must stop deluding themselves and from now onwards begin scrutinising the very structure of their thought , instead of contenting themselves with pointless posturing systematically contradicted by the way in which art is produced and distributed . |
| 7 | I thought if someone brought you to your senses , before it was too late , you 'd have a chance , instead of throwing yourself into any trouble that came along . |
| 8 | Sometimes , indeed , we identify with another instead of seeing ourselves as independent autonomous subjects , we identify with Lady Diana , our headmistress or somebody at work . |
| 9 | ‘ So why did n't you just look for another job , instead of involving yourself in such a risky undertaking ? ’ |