Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [prep] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until , that is , he realises what he has done , and feels cross with himself for walking into an emotional trap of his own unconscious devising . |
| 2 | Although invited by the Liberal Party to be their candidate for the Clapham Division 20 years ago or more , [ he ] was unable to accept the invitation , and contented himself with speaking for the Liberal or Progressive candidate at every available opportunity in many elections . |
| 3 | He prides himself on delivering on the optimum date to balance the welfare of mother and baby , and his percentage of vaginal deliveries over Caesarean is amazingly high — which is great , these days . |
| 4 | He had managed to dislodge the noose from his neck and save himself by jumping into the freezing water below . |
| 5 | In arable districts most usable lad must already have been taken up , and with the commons jealously guarded by farmers to whom they were essential for keeping the animals on which cultivation depended , the landless man stood a better chance of carving a niche for himself by drifting to a less-developed , mainly pastoral terrain . |
| 6 | If size of following were proof of quality , then Glazunov would be a candidate for the title of greatest living artist : in Brezhnev 's time ( he was the premier 's favourite artist ) he ingratiated himself by playing on the sentimental Slavic strand in Soviet life with ‘ symphonic canvases [ which ] overflow with the dreams and feeling of the Russian people ’ . |
| 7 | There was also a straight and direct access route by way of a corridor in the middle of the West Wing , whereas at Knossos there was a long and circuitous route by way of the Procession Corridor , which doubles back on itself before arriving at the southern end of the Central Court ; the Phaistos entrance seems closer in spirit to the more direct west-east access corridor of the Knossos First Temple . |
| 8 | The value was set as of Oct. 22 at ECU1=NKr7.9940 , and Norway committed itself to remaining within the narrow 2.25 per cent fluctuation band . |
| 9 | An additional complication comes from the fact that Congress has never committed itself to paying for the entire SSC . |
| 10 | The system funds itself by operating on the Royal Bank of Canada 's over-the-counter exchange rates which are not as fine as those obtained by the institution itself . |
| 11 | She could not prevent herself from saying in a doubtful voice , ‘ You will be careful when you go to bed , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 12 | She had almost forgotten herself by walking to the big front door , and giggled inwardly at the shock that she would have given Mrs Parker if she had done so . |
| 13 | It was as if they considered themselves above socialising with a mere shop assistant . |
| 14 | I restrict myself to pointing to the human misery that follows on such events and our human and Christian responsibilities in the face of such hardship . |
| 15 | Even moving from high to low cost areas can raise difficulties — employees may doubt that they will ever be able to move back to their home areas or other more expensive regions once they have committed themselves to living in a lower cost housing area . |
| 16 | However , ‘ players ’ do not confine themselves to releasing into the public domain ‘ required ’ publications . |
| 17 | I knew I was n't attractive and I did n't help myself by dressing like a young fogey in tweed sportsjackets , flannel trousers and open-necked check shirts . |
| 18 | You enjoy yourself by performing to the best of your ability — as soon as you become irresponsible , you 're not performing to that level and , if you 're honest with yourself , you wo n't enjoy it . |
| 19 | Apart from that , I have n't the least interest in whether you choose to kill yourself by falling from a great height , or crashing into something at high speed . ’ |