Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pn reflx] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever its actual effect , the English wanted at least to make sure that they would not be out of pocket over expansion in America , and the fear that they would lose money was expressed by the economist Charles Davenant when he wrote in 1698 : ‘ it can not reasonably be admitted that the mother country should impoverish herself to enrich the children nor that Britain should weaken herself to strengthen America . ’ |
| 2 | Erm , I 'd consider myself to have an eating disorder but I do n't have anorexia or bulimia . |
| 3 | If Mr Lawson could bring himself to go a stage further , admit some mistakes and consider other policies to use in combination with high interest rates , he might even win their support . |
| 4 | The fourth book featured a scene in which a man planned to write a letter to his Father and Mother telling them of his new-found happiness , but he never could bring himself to write the letter . |
| 5 | Then , at once , I would wake up before I could allow myself to touch a mouthful . |
| 6 | I used to cry myself to sleep every night , hoping Mum would n't come in . |
| 7 | Under this method non-recourse trade bills guaranteed by the importer 's bank are discounted at the exporter 's bank ; the latter may commit itself to purchase the bills before the export contract is signed . |
| 8 | The young man scanned the paper , held it out , and as James 's fingers reached for it , dropped it , eyed him , and said in a carrying voice , ‘ I see you are mad , but does even a lunatic suppose that one of His Majesty 's officers would bind himself to oppose the law and refrain from arresting criminals ? ’ |
| 9 | Later still he may train himself to eradicate the desire or aversion itself , releasing himself from one causally necessary condition of facing facts , so that the formula is no longer directly applicable ; but that will be in the service of other ends , and unless he can discover some new way of validating them these too will be spontaneous goals selected from the rest by thinking within the frame of the same formula . |
| 10 | ‘ Until you can bring yourself to do the rounds of the whore-houses , and find out who she was , we have n't much option , have we ? ’ |
| 11 | The peace movement can not ignore international law , not merely because many existing provisions tend to provide legal support for the claim that the use of nuclear weapons would be illegal , but also because , in theory at least , it provides the means by which states can bind themselves to restrict the manufacture , storage and use of such weapons ( non-proliferation treaties and regional nuclear-free zones are examples of this ) . |