Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pn reflx] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They set off from Wyre Mill to see for themselves the finishing touches being put to the weir nearby . |
| 2 | Barratt had been up to Tilberthwaite to see for himself the likely value of Knott 's sett on the Muncaster estate land there and he considered it to be a worthwhile proposition having seen , as he put it , " good bunches of ore under water " . |
| 3 | They also demanded that President Guillermo Endara Gallimany , 56 , make a personal visit to the old part of the city to see for himself the severe level of poverty the population was being forced to endure . |
| 4 | In 1987 , when Tony Heginbottom revived the tradition at Cragg Vale Spa near Hebden Bridge , I was there to taste for myself the chalybeate water . |
| 5 | in the Court of Appeal , ‘ in view of the historic struggle of the legislature to secure for itself the sole power to levy money upon the subject , its complete success in that struggle , the elaborate means adopted by the representative House to control the amount , the conditions and the purpose of the levy , the circumstances would be remarkable indeed which would induce the court to believe that the legislature had sacrificed all the well-known checks and precautions , and , not in express words , but merely by implication , had entrusted a Minister of the Crown with undefined and unlimited powers of imposing charges upon the subject for purposes connected with his department . ’ |
| 6 | By helping teachers understand classroom roles , it enables them to discover for themselves the best ways of fostering co-operative learning . |
| 7 | Be determined to define for yourself the exact meaning of words ( like " diplomacy " ) , especially when they are abstract ( like " influence " ) . |
| 8 | Cara smiled , and confided , ‘ Actually , I was wondering what I was going to do with myself the four weeks he 's away — I 've sort of got used to having him around , ’ she tossed in , as if uncaring , when they all knew differently . |
| 9 | This attitude must change , for man 's progress through time must inevitably confer upon him the right to use his powers of reason and logical thinking to build for himself a satisfying religion based on a credible ‘ god ’ . |
| 10 | Sometimes he even managed to keep for himself the little piece of cotton-wool that she soaked in perfume so that he could rub the henna stains from her skin . |
| 11 | From the middle of the thirteenth century they were allowed to deduct for themselves a fixed salary out of the Forest revenues they collected — 100 marks a year for the Justice of the Forest north of Trent , and £100 for his colleague south of it . |
| 12 | He never doubts that it is possible or desirable for the critic to recreate in himself the mental condition of the author ; he only recognizes that it is difficult . |
| 13 | And it all comes back to what I was saying earlier about trying to get kids to believe in themselves a little bit . |
| 14 | At a consultation you will be able to assess for yourself the excellent facilities that we have been able to develop ( with the assistance of the Area Health Authority ) specifically for patients seeking improvement through cosmetic surgery . |
| 15 | Because he is not going for discovery or new connection or progression , but only to repeat upon himself a known reaction . |
| 16 | In such cases they were often allowed to take for themselves an annual salary out of those revenues . |
| 17 | In the classroom , cultural analysis encourages students to examine for themselves the underlying assumptions in the texts they are studying . |
| 18 | Moreover , he intended to take on himself the national leadership of the party thus created , which would be called Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista ( FET y de las JONS ) . |
| 19 | At Rennes , on 27 July 1947 , the rassembleur turned cold warrior : " Soviet Russia is using coercion to organize around herself a formidable grouping of states … |
| 20 | Pop is un-natural , larger than life and insistent enough to make of itself an inevitable pad of the landscape , like a motorway , or pollution . |