Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is management that have to address themselves to the solutions , either by using internal resources or by engaging outside consultants . |
| 2 | Over here it does n't even look as if you need access to the Royal Mint or the Bank of England to forge bank-notes , judging by the warning messages on the colour photocopiers that have stationed themselves inside the printing bureaux . |
| 3 | You can vanish , fleet as the wind , and contrive to lock yourself in the bog . |
| 4 | Yet being able to step off the treadmill and stop judging yourself for a while is the only way to begin to take stock and to start to unwind from the stress spiral . |
| 5 | If Mr Kinnock can lead his party this far , it seems at least possible that he can now turn himself outward , away from the party , and begin to project himself as a potential national leader . |
| 6 | I 'm perfectly happy to plead a two-year-old 's birthday and then wiggle , flatter and schmooze to get myself off the hook . |
| 7 | You think of the glow of pride that still lingers from your last HVS triumph with embarrassment and try to console yourself with the mitigating circumstances of age , heavy work responsibilities , duty to family , your back problem … |
| 8 | If the book wins , it will control the character and try to deliver itself to a powerful follower of Slaanesh . |
| 9 | Even here , however , the separate heading is worth preserving , since modern style-studies can and do content themselves with the mere description of distinctive linguistic patterns , abstaining not only from relating them to external factors such as authors or literary movements , but also from attributing to them any specific literary function . |
| 10 | The Bengali lady who enrolled in an English cookery class , so that she could provide English food for some of her son 's chums at school , is likely next to take a GCSE in English and help prepare herself for a job that may be just around the corner . |
| 11 | ‘ We are confident we have done nothing wrong , but need to protect ourselves from the arbitrary and capricious actions of our adversaries . ’ |