Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I think it , we should er congratulate ourselves in having the European Community as a piece of machinery inside which it 's possible to contain a power the size of Germany . |
| 2 | Surely , then , we can confine ourselves to exploring the syntactical properties of such expressions and leave the ontological and epistemological issues , temporarily at least , to one side ? |
| 3 | Few occasions , however , will present themselves for using the extreme upward limits of compass . |
| 4 | Your heroic blue robot must defend itself by obliterating the approaching red robots . |
| 5 | From the day he got out , he would apply himself to spreading the invisible killer . |
| 6 | A new US secretary of defense in 1949 thought Britain was " finished " , and suggested that as her empire began to disintegrate so the United States should concern itself with strengthening the useful parts . |
| 7 | If you think that Chronic Urethritis may be a problem , you can help yourself by taking the following measures : drinking a glass of water before you have intercourse , so that you fill your bladder ; making sure that you use a vaginal lubricant and relax as much as possible ; and the by remembering to empty your bladder soon after intercourse . |