Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That means Thorstvedt , who came on as sub against Coventry and saved a penalty as Spurs crashed 2-0 , will suddenly find himself back in the number one spot . |
| 2 | A road haulage business seeking to expand need not restrict itself entirely to the road transport industry . |
| 3 | Notice that Paul does not tie himself legalistically to the details of Jesus 's words . |
| 4 | Why not give herself over to the silliness of it , instead of feeling distress ? |
| 5 | Naisbitt is a shrewd observer and in practice he does not limit himself strictly to the confines of content analysis . |
| 6 | And we do not take ourselves seriously like the French : we can demolish everything with our humour . |
| 7 | Tom himself said it was because he had to work hard at school at subjects other than music , he could not devote himself wholeheartedly to the flute . |
| 8 | ( We shall not concern ourselves here with the exact formulation of the regularity : we shall merely note the evidence of its presence . ) |
| 9 | They can no longer concern themselves only with the technical aspect of class-room steps and poses . |
| 10 | By his own accounts , he could hardly keep himself away from the battle lines in Central America . |
| 11 | Having loved Martha from the bottom of his heart , Sam now found that he loved his daughter every bit as much , and could hardly tear himself away from the cradle , where he would spend hours gazing at the fruit and blessing of the union . |
| 12 | Leeds is well-equipped for sports , with 21 golf courses and 22 sports and leisure centres , but if all this action leaves you feeling in need of a rest , you can always take yourself off to the theatre . |
| 13 | The formation of planetary systems and the size and chemical composition of each member are , then , remarkably regular : given a sun-sized star a computer generally comes up with a similar range of planets to that in the solar system , with small rocky planets closest to the star and the large gaseous ones further out ( due to the effects of gravity , orbits would later space themselves out along the lines of our own solar system ) . |
| 14 | she can nae get herself up in the morning if there 's nobody there , can she ? |
| 15 | What it meant was that matter could curve a region in on itself so much that it would effectively cut itself off from the rest of the universe . |
| 16 | Both of them were wary , but at least Hayley did n't throw herself out of the window . |
| 17 | She said she might as well chuck herself out of the window . |
| 18 | wo n't put themselves out for the firm and it 's , it 's you know |
| 19 | Warrington could n't get themselves back into the match after having Neil Harmon ( bottom right ) sent off for a high tackle in the second half . |
| 20 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 21 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 22 | One could almost imagine oneself back into the Middle Ages but for the fact that technology has marched on through the centuries to replace rough-hewn bows of Yew with fibreglass ones , equipped with very advanced sights . |