Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [pn reflx] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the best will in the world a bassoon can not begin to express itself in the same terms as a viola da gamba and when two of the three melodic parts are conceived for strings a precious dimension is lost by substituting woodwind . |
| 2 | This is because Britain could not have defended herself in the Cold War order , and the common enemy demanded common action . |
| 3 | We shall have to ask ourselves in the next lecture to what extent they succeeded with so little Latin at their disposal . |
| 4 | Had it not been for the psychic tracer , they must surely have lost themselves in the labyrinthine entrails of what was not one vessel but many , some of these enormous in their own right . |
| 5 | In my first year in a London art school my two major preoccupations were whether you really could see William Turner 's late canvases as a precursor to French Impressionism , and how the hell I could afford to clothe myself in the right gear to make a stunning impact on my new friends at the Gateways . |
| 6 | The man who wept during England 's World Cup semi-final with Germany two years ago , now can not bear to watch himself in the white shirt of his country . |