Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [pn reflx] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The jury must place themselves in the accused 's position with the accused 's knowledge . |
| 2 | This does not mean that the governing body should involve itself in the day-to-day running of the school . |
| 3 | Donna was n't sure whether it was perspiration or if she 'd wet herself in the hectic chase . |
| 4 | If you plan to stay up on election night , you could sustain yourself in the small hours with freshly baked pizza . |
| 5 | They were the merchants , traders and businessmen of the north-east Mediterranean coast who had most to lose if the Shias could establish themselves in the economic life of the Levant . |
| 6 | You could find yourself in the ludicrous situation where you have to take them out of the country for half-an-hour and take them back in again . |
| 7 | Perhaps the rage and common decency of the British people will vent itself in the near future where it has not in the past and finally get this Government out and replace it with a more caring one . |
| 8 | This amalgam of experience will embody itself in the final shape and fitting of a lifeboat that is designed to take the RNLI into the 21st century . |
| 9 | If the European Convention on Human Rights is incorporated into our law , political power will relocate itself in the Royal Courts of Justice , and advocates will be deciding the law on abortion , on Sunday trading , on political and tobacco advertising , and the like . |
| 10 | Eventually the institution will find itself in the residual phase , in which the external constituency has ceased to exist and the biological growth is eroded by the loss to the movement of the uninterested children of the members . |
| 11 | Although accountants may be on hand , the surveyor at partner level in a growing practice , or one of a substantial size , may find himself in the anomalous situation of spending the major part of his time on management for which he received no training rather than on technical matters , in which he is expert . |
| 12 | Occasionally the fungus can ensconce itself in the terminal portion of the urethra , and it may then give rise to symptoms similar to those found in non-specific urethritis . |
| 13 | People can immerse themselves in the spiritual dimension without being religious at all . |
| 14 | All this can manifest itself in the simple relief of getting back to civilization , supermarket queues and all . |
| 15 | Assuming that you have determined that the line is biased to starboard , and you therefore want to start near the starboard end of the line , there are still a number of considerations which you must take into account before you can put yourself in the right place as the gun is fired . |
| 16 | If you can put yourself in the other person 's shoes and think about how they might feel , it will certainly help if you let them know that . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , in the course of talking and pretending , the sovereign states can harm themselves in the real exercise of real power . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , you can help yourself in the following ways : |