Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he was still worrying about how to pass himself off as the long-dead Bard when police nicked him dithering outside a bank . |
| 2 | Pinnacle , which currently offers a Sparc 2 CPU board , will leverage its experience in the Sun spares , repair and trade-in hardware business — combined with the SunSoft deal — to launch itself in to the compatible market proper , backed by a hefty advertisement campaign . |
| 3 | She felt sticky and heavy , as if she was trying to pull herself out of the chlorinated pool with the water dragging at her bulk , breaking the surface tension with an effort . |
| 4 | I am always happy to work myself up into a great cultural stew , given half the chance . |
| 5 | Back in Chapter 4 , I mentioned that pull-ups were very useful exercises because they strengthen the muscles needed to pull yourself up over a high wall . |
| 6 | There was little enthusiasm , then , as the paper moved towards the alien financial world of the City to set itself up as a public limited company . |
| 7 | Riding on a high she had decided to set herself up as an independent designer . |
| 8 | Er , but I mean , everything you do is , is designed to set yourself up in the best possible position for when the staff come in and , and throughout the shift leaving it as best you can for the branch manager the next day . |
| 9 | Fergus tried to lever himself up from the rear bench seat of the old Rover , but failed . |
| 10 | And then , all I 've done is worked out some time management and say well if these guys turn up at half past eight every morning and I give them a break at ten o'clock , and they get a lunch break and then in afternoon , another break , and they finish at half past four , if everything goes to plan , by four o'clock Friday , my van should be backing up at the end of the production line to load itself up with a thousand widgets . |
| 11 | It is possible to cover yourself up to a specified limit , for the loss or theft or fraudulent use of money and credit cards . |
| 12 | Women can certainly be competitive as individuals , but are less so at the group level ; many of us who went to all-girls ' schools found the competitive team sports at worst a real trial and at best something of a joke , even though we were quite prepared to put ourselves out in an individual context . |
| 13 | There is no need for us to act like hedgehogs , eating all that we can to fill ourselves up for the coming months . |
| 14 | He used another of his plastic cards to let himself in through the back door . |
| 15 | Mansell managed to negotiate himself out of the best car in Formula One , despite winning the world championship for the first time . |
| 16 | The bag lady enters Venice , she thought , trying to cheer herself up for the daunting journey ahead . |
| 17 | The standard reaction when you receive such charges is to draw yourself up in a dignified manner and disclaim all knowledge of the dastardly deed . |
| 18 | Sometimes I resent having to truss myself up like a stuffed chicken . |
| 19 | If you 've been self-employed since five minutes after Lucifer 's fall , and can fork out the massive outlay required , you might just find a way to bribe yourself on to the single-ticket waiting list ; if you belong to a small , minor-league organisation , your company will probably club together with several others to rent a cheap and jerry-built booth in one of the minor outbuildings , and argue with its partners over a tiny allocation of entry passes , whose holders will be consigned to overpriced lodgings in distant and inconvenient suburbs . |
| 20 | ‘ … My whole being was , with eyes closed to every object of present sense , to crumple myself up in a sunny corner , and read , read , read . ’ |
| 21 | But Liverpool , desperate to reorganise themselves back into a title-chasing outfit , wanted the smooth-passing Clough for a vital role in midfield . |
| 22 | She was anxious that Swire Sugden should not be allowed to spread himself around like a malignant tumour . |
| 23 | Local legend said that the animal used these to hang itself up from a low-hanging branch of a tree at night . |
| 24 | But though this hope might be enough for some who were actually to lift themselves out of the working class , and perhaps also for a greater number who never got beyond dreaming of success as they read Samuel Smiles 's Self-Help ( 1859 ) or similar handbooks , it was perfectly evident that most workers would remain workers all their lives , and indeed that the economic system required them to do so . |
| 25 | We have to think ourselves back into a social system and culture very different from our own if we are to respond , in the way P. C. Wren required , to the improbable events and exalted sentiments of the three Geste brothers who , to serve their adored aunt and their fraternal obligations , vanished into the Foreign Legion , taking upon themselves the imputation of having stolen the blue diamond which she had long ago sold and replaced by a fake for the sake of her extravagant husband . |
| 26 | It 's part of USL 's strategy to manoeuvre itself back into the commercial sector — the company says the operation will be concerned with systems integration and promoting Unix awareness in the government and corporate markets . |
| 27 | Experience will show you how to readjust your programme to get yourself back on the right track . |
| 28 | Pascal 's target here is Descartes and , in trying to think oneself back into the overwhelming urgency of their debate , it has to be remembered that their lives were overshadowed by the struggles of the Counter-Reformation . |
| 29 | Staggering to her feet she looked back towards the wounded man ; he had slumped to the floor , and was trying to push himself back to a kneeling position . |
| 30 | ‘ A mortgagee is allowed to reimburse himself out of the mortgaged property for all costs , charges and expenses reasonably and properly incurred in enforcing or preserving his security . |