Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ambiguity of voices co-operates with the rhetoric of textual autonomy whereby texts are seen to undermine themselves without intervention . |
| 2 | For the purposes of the present discussion I am going to confine myself to sensation and perception and ignore behaviour . |
| 3 | ‘ Or are driven to hang themselves from fear and despair ? |
| 4 | This power is extremely useful when a supervision order is made in respect of a very young child who can not be expected to present himself for examination . |
| 5 | Motor racing authorities say fans ca n't be allowed to put themselves in danger . |
| 6 | A battle for power in the English shires has reached Westminster , where one MP has argued that his city at least should be allowed to govern itself without interference . |
| 7 | Not only do they agonize over which of their colleagues deserve which piece of ribbon , they are unafraid to set themselves in judgement upon those whose candidacy for an honour is based upon genuine distinction , perhaps in the arts or by voluntary work . |
| 8 | By the following year , as a result of mortgage and foreclosures , the manifest favouritism shown to French squatters and the pressures of population , peasants in Tonkin were having to feed themselves on average from the product of just over one-third of an acre of padi per head : in some localities barely a fifth . |
| 9 | How much more useful if some of the country 's most distinguished writers , journalists and Shakespearean actors were to decide to involve themselves in community service by visiting schools on a regular basis . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , by 1935 , the definitively Stalinised Comintern and its network of party faithful comprised the main organisational basis of Marxism in Latin America , and therefore provided a vital touchstone for all other sectors of the Left , which were forced to define themselves in relation to its characterisation of the Latin American revolution . |
| 11 | Working class women were encouraged to devote themselves to marriage and motherhood and to adopt middle class patterns of behaviour within their homes . |
| 12 | I pretend to believe in living in my room , but it 's true that I am trying to thrust myself on stage . |
| 13 | No member of staff is required to place themselves at risk in handling money or valuables in the course of duty or more particularly when confronting a potentially aggressive or violent situation . |
| 14 | It was then that she read Angela Kunze 's manifesto , written in blue on a long ribbon of paper above her head where she rests against the wall : ‘ I am fasting to cleanse myself of fear and hopelessness , hate and violence , impatience and the lust for novelty . |
| 15 | But I was going to keep myself under control whatever he said . |
| 16 | A galvanized trade union movement facing the problems of high unemployment and constant wage reductions was bound to find itself in conflict with both employers and government in the inter-year years . |
| 17 | A galvanized trade union movement facing the problems of high unemployment and constant wage reductions was bound to find itself in conflict with both employers and government in the inter-war years . |
| 18 | As he hugged her brusquely to him , she was aware of the tense muscles of his jawline against her cheek , and knew what an effort he was making to hold himself in check . |