Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [coord] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gives us the voice , so we can examine it ourselves and ask our own questions about it , even though he does not cite directly anything the Oxford voice says . |
| 2 | If he liked the house so much he could go and live in it himself and relive his happy memories . |
| 3 | The combination of the words ‘ Agamemnon ’ and ‘ amalgam ’ mimes on the linguistic plane the process by which Mira 's Agamemnon , her amalga-mate , assimilates her to himself and denies her autonomous identity . |
| 4 | Lord Scarman said : ‘ The principle is that parental right or power of control of the person and property of his child exists primarily to enable the parent to discharge his duty of maintenance , protection and education until he [ that is , the child ] reaches such an age as to be able to look after himself and make his own decisions . ’ |
| 5 | This leaves the Philistines [ middle-classes ] for the great bulk of the nation ; — a livelier sort of Philistine than ours , and with the pressure and false ideal of our Barbarians taken away , but left all the more to himself and to have his full swing . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's already among the best players in the world , but he must look after himself and have his own identity and personality . |
| 7 | Shadows enable light to manifest itself and give it objective reality , just as wisdom can only manifest itself in the face of ignorance . |
| 8 | If , in Lady Chatterley 's Lover , the scales were to fall from Connie 's eyes and she were to see the worship of Mellor 's phallus for what it is , a means of subordinating and oppressing women , she could free herself and develop her authentic will , ego and individuality . |
| 9 | She shrugged , went over to the bidet , washed herself and inserted her tiny scrambler . |
| 10 | Theda was too occupied in trying to compose herself and wiping her wet cheeks to notice the oddity of there being a groom in Benedict 's train . |
| 11 | Paula , who works herself and leaves her three daughters with a nanny , said : ‘ Most mothers , after they have paid for child care , travel and unexpected expenses , are earning negligible amounts . ’ |
| 12 | She had not thought to have Ariel set her whole spine on a splint , so when , after three months , Sycorax raised herself and found her weak legs and took a few steps , her whole weight slung against Ariel on one side and Jack Elsey on the other , she was bent like a hoop and could only shuffle forward , raising her head , like a turtle poking out of its shell , to address anyone who was not actually on the floor below her . |
| 13 | I was sure he knew I could barely contain myself or restrain my trembling fingers that longed to run their tips along the insides of those meaty thighs that were spreadeagled enticingly over the edge of his seat . |
| 14 | Fitzpatrick has been involved in one way or another with this text-copying enterprise since the 1970s and you can see it for yourself or read it this month until the 31st at Salander O'Reilly . |
| 15 | You 'd both better come back to the farmhouse , and Mrs. Olinton will help you to clean yourselves and give you some tea . |
| 16 | My aims include encouraging pupils to think for themselves and to choose their own methods of working . |
| 17 | In South Australia , Holden 's Motor Company at Elizabeth near Adelaide have since 1986 been introducing sophisticated manufacturing technology , as part of an Australian $350 million investment programme , and establishing ‘ family cells ’ — shop-floor groups who organize themselves and monitor their own production performance . |
| 18 | Rye is officially what is called an ‘ Ancient Town ’ attached to the Cinque Ports , those small ports along the coasts of Kent and East Sussex which were fortified against the French ; so necessary were they to the Crown that , in 1278 , they were given legal privileges : exemption from taxes , the right to rule themselves and appoint their own judges . |
| 19 | Many students looked at Henry — and then at themselves and saw their individual concerns from a new perspective . |
| 20 | Meals are different , everybody cooks for themselves and keeps their own cupboard with the universal staples — potatoes , beans , bread , eggs , cornflakes , tea and sugar . |
| 21 | Here is William Wheeler , the last great encyclopediast of ants ( 1910 ) , describing Amazon ants at home : they sit about in stolid idleness , or pass the long hours begging the slaves for food or cleaning themselves and burnishing their ruddy armour . |
| 22 | Mr Clarke called for a system where prisoners were fed at normal meal times , had the space and opportunity to better themselves and address their offending behaviour . |
| 23 | Grown people who are capable of thinking for themselves and making their own decisions . |
| 24 | ‘ If you can laugh at yourself and recognise your own folly it is a healthy sign . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Listen , you either do it yourself and preserve your precious dignity , or someone else will do it for you . |
| 26 | But the first stage is to learn to step back from yourself and identify your own values . |