Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [pn reflx] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His defence lawyer says the case is unique in French law in that the court accepted Kim might have stabbed herself in this way . |
| 2 | Something of that strange that strangeness and that irony lies behind the famous claim ‘ I will try to express myself in some mode of life for art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can , using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence , exile and cunning . |
| 3 | Had that proposal been acted on , McKusick , CSRG senior programmer and past president of Usenix , would have found himself in another conflict of interests since he is believed to be a secret a director of BSDI . |
| 4 | If she 'd stayed in a fit state then she would n't have found herself in this situation now . |
| 5 | The Lord Chancellor , Lord Mackay , said it was regrettable that the judge should have expressed himself in this way . |
| 6 | Thus if they are consistently defined as disreputable or respectable , servile or arrogant , they will tend to see themselves in this light and act accordingly . |