Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [conj] [vb -s] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally he hooks his belt onto the Doom Diver Catapult and braces himself for sudden acceleration . |
| 2 | There is also a softer side , which has evolved far beyond the fighting form and concerns itself with psychological and physical development It is called tai chi chuan or the ‘ grand ultimate fist ’ . |
| 3 | When injured it becomes a less efficient hunting machine and puts itself in considerable danger . |
| 4 | ( 1937 , You 're in the Army Now in US ) , the improbable tale of an American hoodlum who takes on the identity of a murdered gambling companion and finds himself in the British Army , where he slowly comes to understand the habits of self-effacing Englishmen . |
| 5 | Recently I was shown around the offices of a community church that prides itself on its radical Christian commitment . |
| 6 | The romantic fantasy is nurtured in our youth with Enid Blyton books and ghost stories and manifests itself in the invention of tunnel myths . |
| 7 | This means , in effect , that each Alu sequence that inserts itself into the chromosomes carries with it the means to get out again and reinsert itself somewhere else . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , as I understand it , the individual may be striving towards mature object relations but finds himself in situations where those in authority to whom he may want to relate may cause him to regress towards infantile dependence . |
| 9 | It then finds a hiding place and attaches itself to a branch with silk . |