Example sentences of "man [vb -s] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , this does n't mean that if a man exposes himself to you , you must be repressing that urge within yourself . |
| 2 | There are some good points made here and there ; Bly points out that fathers in US sitcoms are often portrayed as incompetent , in comparison with their wives , which says something about the way the American man sees himself . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's a very patriarchal family , ’ Zoë says , ‘ the family define itself as the men , with the women and children just surrounding them — so when one man gets himself another woman , it does n't change things . ’ |
| 4 | The young man recollects himself , and manages a polite smile . |
| 5 | On the basis of the principle of identity on the other hand , no subjection of nature can take place , since man identifies himself with the processes of nature . |
| 6 | The reactionary middle-class man perceives himself in the Fuhrer , in the authoritarian state . |
| 7 | The man thumps himself in the chest with one finger . |
| 8 | Bank dispute man sets himself alight |
| 9 | But primitive man guards himself against that by listening in to the being of the person who is uttering the words and by adding this to his evaluation of the words . |
| 10 | The truly empathetic New Man positions himself by the head of his partner 's bed , knows when to go for a walk in the park and , reverting to a traditional male role , protects the woman from unwanted intruders . |
| 11 | The second theme is set by the title — the self-made man — which harks back to Gordon Childe 's Man Makes Himself ( 1936 ) . |