Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [pn reflx] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 BOY GEORGE has revealed that he and his lover see themselves as a married couple .
2 The band run themselves on a democratic basis and have their own voting system .
3 Health Push yourself to a higher level when working out — the benefits will be worth it .
4 Seasonal migrators could in principle orient themselves by a simple sense of direction ; all they need to do is obey some such rule as fly two hundred miles south' or a more complicated series of directions .
5 Thus , every three years or so , a strident siren echoed across the Dantesque landscape of Winnington to signal the moment for everyone within eye- or ear-shot to retire to a safe distance and to watch the plant reduce itself to a concrete skeleton .
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