Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will confine ourselves here to the state-owned case , leaving regulation to chapter 5 . |
| 2 | We shall confine ourselves here to the statutory requirements which must be observed . |
| 3 | ‘ So I climbed into the back seat , ’ he recalled , ‘ stripped off the suit I was wearing and put on my pyjamas , thinking I could dry myself afterwards with the spare pair . |
| 4 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 5 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 6 | At present , Ann led and Megan followed , but that would sort itself out in the long run . |
| 7 | Until he can hold himself safely in the correct positions without increasing his spasticity when he is lying down , sitting , standing , or walking , he has to be helped to move in every situation . |
| 8 | Even before disaffiliation the Communists had urged all ILP " militants " to " take the lead in calling upon all revolutionary elements to come out of the ILP in a body , hold a separate conference and decide whether and in what way they can link themselves up with the only revolutionary party in Britain today — the Communist Party " . |
| 9 | And , as a bonus , the pubs stay open so revellers can drink themselves merrily into the new year . |
| 10 | If the individual can fence himself off from the prying eyes or fingers of the state , can maintain his private domain in his own way without intervention by public authorities , an important aspect of political liberty is established . |
| 11 | Replacing the shoebox but leaving the tell-tale sea of marbles , he stood on Vic 's bed and tried , without success , to jump and pull himself up to the small opening . |
| 12 | In short , to explore ways by which the BBC could pull itself out of the on-going financial crisis but , at the same time , to maintain the quality of the product . |
| 13 | ( We shall not concern ourselves here with the exact formulation of the regularity : we shall merely note the evidence of its presence . ) |
| 14 | What did bother her was the realisation that very soon Luke could find himself part of the same mess . |
| 15 | If someone touched him from behind on a crowded Saturday night he would push himself back onto the anonymous hand , just like a cat would , without turning round to see who it was . |
| 16 | They can no longer concern themselves only with the technical aspect of class-room steps and poses . |
| 17 | It was assumed , incorrectly as we now know , that water undertakers would concern themselves mainly with the technical feasibility of the proposal . |
| 18 | Anyway I can push myself forward with the local people and w an anybody with anything to do with photography . |
| 19 | Moreover I can address myself retrospectively to the perceptual experience as such as well as to the photograph qua photograph , and the logic of my reports will obviously be very different in the two cases . |
| 20 | One could almost imagine oneself back into the Middle Ages but for the fact that technology has marched on through the centuries to replace rough-hewn bows of Yew with fibreglass ones , equipped with very advanced sights . |