Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why 67-year old George Bush has been seen humiliating himself on a tennis court and going on daily runs . |
| 2 | Titles stocked are selected to develop themselves on the morning and evening sermons . |
| 3 | Climbers who have succumbed to the lurking intimidation will find this little haven quite familiar over the next few moments … hours ? … as repeated attempts are made to commit themselves to a traverse across the wall towards that seemingly distant arête . |
| 4 | If elderly people are persuaded to uproot themselves in a hurry at the first sign of trouble , making major decisions at a time when they are not emotionally stable enough to think them through , like selling their homes and moving away from old friends and familiar surroundings into the different world and routine of a younger household , they sometimes regret it , and much unhappiness ensues for everyone . |
| 5 | In a properly organized political community the state exists for society and not society for the state ; yet , however socially advanced a people may be , the society which it constitutes made up of families , clubs , churches , trade unions , etc. — is not to be trusted to maintain itself without the ultimate arbitrament of force . |
| 6 | In Lobophytum species , the process is not particularly dramatic ; the polyps withdraw , the body of the animal will deflate , looking as though it has collapsed , and then when it takes in fresh water to stiffen up again , a thin , transparent layer of mucus can be seen detaching itself from the surface of the coral , to be swept away by water currents , the whole process usually taking a few hours . |
| 7 | There are other meanings to be drawn from this first sonnet , of course , but what is clear is that the poetic sequence of Astrophil and Stella may be seen announcing itself as a failure , a success , both , or neither . |
| 8 | That regional neglect has fuelled a feeling in many regions that perhaps they should be empowered to assist themselves in the face of an unsympathetic central Government . |
| 9 | The collaborators can be used to play themselves in the drama . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's so awfully difficult — I 'd be bound to get myself in a muddle trying to explain myself . ’ |
| 11 | What remained of the morning was to be spent acclimatising himself to the deaf-aid receiver and learning how to pace himself with the A.S.M. who was going to feed the lines . |
| 12 | But I do n't see why they should be asked to shoot themselves in the foot by paying to train a competitor 's workforce , and neither do they ! ’ |
| 13 | Good communications are encouraged by doing so , and each product line can be encouraged to see itself as a profit centre , a company within the company , making for commitment to that element of the company objectives . |
| 14 | In 1829 a convicted prisoner petitioned that he should have been allowed to free himself from a charge of robbery by rendering compensation . |
| 15 | Germany 's captain Nikki Pilic , who had barely put the debacle surrounding Germany 's Olympic nominations behind him , came in for criticism for not resting Becker from the second day 's doubles , especially after he had been forced to play himself into the ground to beat Luis Mattar over five sets in exhausting heat on the first day . |
| 16 | It was , understandably , the peace which was essential information for the descendants , for it influenced their present actions to some extent ; and the solemnities were intended to impose themselves on the memory of the participants and witnesses and their children . |
| 17 | As individual developments , both directions were destined to run themselves into the ground . |
| 18 | Outdoor enthusiasts of all abilities are being challenged to test themselves to the full in an exciting sponsored event in the Peak District taking place this autumn . |
| 19 | A variety of other industries were also ruined by British policy : silk goods manufacturers , for example , were compelled to restrict themselves to the production of raw silk , while gun making was seriously affected by a restrictive licensing policy and other means ( Bagchi , 1982 , p. 82 ) . |
| 20 | Locals were forced to spreadeagle themselves on the ground at gunpoint . |
| 21 | Muslim nationalists were encouraged to see themselves as the spearhead of the anti-colonial movement , and Lenin himself addressed their congress ( in November 1919 ) . |
| 22 | When taking a train journey women were advised to equip themselves with the largest hat-pin they could find and if travelling by night , or through a tunnel , they were to sit bolt upright , hat-pin clenched between the teeth in case of attack . |
| 23 | FRENCH inventors are being urged to gird themselves for an economic war against foreigners who steal their ideas . |
| 24 | Increasingly man is being urged to launch himself into the barely-explored regions of his innermost self in ‘ crafts ’ which are often unstable . |
| 25 | On Aug. 9 Iraq closed its borders to foreigners trying to leave Iraq or Kuwait ; on Aug. 12 Donald Croskery , a British businessman , was shot dead by Iraqi forces on the Kuwait-Saudi border ; and on Aug. 16 all US and British citizens in Kuwait were ordered to surrender themselves to the Iraqi authorities or face unspecified " difficulties " . |
| 26 | Since the beginnings of the Glasgow Fair 1,000 years ago , the good people of Glasgow have been determined to enjoy themselves during the annual beanfeast . |
| 27 | In practising a form , the student is taught to defend himself against a series of imaginary opponents . |
| 28 | The wasp has no other effect on the environment and the bumble bee is left to busy himself among the plants , pollinating the flowers in a naturally effective way . |
| 29 | One IWC official has pointed out that , since Norway formally objected to the moratorium when originally passed in 1982 , it is allowed to exempt itself from the terms . |
| 30 | They revert to verse when Thersites leaves , but in the next scene Achilles is discovered indulging himself in a prose catechism with Thersites , when Agamemnon , Ulysses , Nestor , Diomed , and Calchas appear . |