Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these meetings concerned themselves with the Spanish question . |
| 2 | The hands Maria had raised to Luke 's shoulders strayed eagerly to the back of his neck and up into the thickness of his dark hair , her fingers pressing themselves to the perfect shaping of his skull as she sought and claimed a deeper kiss , drawing him far into the warm moist depths of her mouth . |
| 3 | Inevitably they led to the totally unnecessary deaths of many pet cats , as jittery owners took emergency steps to protect themselves from the dreaded twentieth-century plague . |
| 4 | I tried to look straight ahead until I reached the top , then I entered our attic room and stood there as my eyes accustomed themselves to the dim light . |
| 5 | The group issued an angry statement alleging that the authors are ‘ obsessive fans misrepresenting themselves as the authorised biographers of Nirvana ’ . |
| 6 | This is necessarily caused by the fact that the intrinsic differences between the services provided in different organizations reflect themselves in the respective budgets . |
| 7 | It was decided in Att. -Gen. for Northern Ireland v. Gallagher that the House need not in all circumstances confine itself to the certified question . |
| 8 | The effects showed themselves in the occupational culture of the force , in senses of threat and danger among members , and in a range of low-key security duties which merged with routine police work . |
| 9 | The Communists saw themselves as the only alternative to the Labour , Liberal and Conservative Parties . |
| 10 | ‘ It is vital that companies prepare themselves for the new Europe and this initiative will help firms in the south . |
| 11 | Well in War and Peace it 's a story of the er I mean there are many themes go on but the broad sweep of history is about the Napoleonic invasion of Russia and the way the Russians defended themselves against the French armies . |
| 12 | The Mensheviks threw themselves into the working-class trade unions and other organizations which sprang up , seeking the fusion of the Party and the rank-and-file proletariat . |
| 13 | " They may be familiar with the paintings of Whistler , or perhaps with Whistler 's statement that when evening mist clothes the riverside with poetry , as with a veil , and the poor buildings lose themselves in the dim sky , and the tall chimneys become campanili , and the warehouses are palaces in the night , and the whole city hangs in the heavens , and fairyland is before us — then the wayfarer hastens home , and Nature , who , for once , has sung in tune , sings her exquisite song to the artist alone , her son and her master — her son , in that he loves her , her master in that he knows her ? " … shall I read you that deposition again , Mrs James ? " |
| 14 | But if Mr Major is at heart opposed to greater union , Britain 's policy is likely to be affected by the institutional pressures of Whitehall , which has over the years committed itself to the pro-European line . |
| 15 | About two-thirds of all temporary workers put themselves into the seasonal , temporary or casual category , though the proportion was much higher amongst those in lower level occupations and much lower amongst those in more skilled , and particularly in " professional " occupations [ see Table 2.4 ] . |
| 16 | The fire had been doused under a great , smoking heap of insects ; the human beings shook themselves like dogs to rid themselves of the sickening creatures , which were showing , for some reason , perhaps because she was wearing a white muslin dress , a particular desire to land on Lucy . |
| 17 | A wasteful volley was shot towards him , but the range was far too long and the balls spent themselves among the thick stalks . |
| 18 | Enough of the worms find themselves on the tight-fitting lid so that when I open the bucket I merely have to lower the lid into my aquarium to feed the fish . |
| 19 | Nature in our garden seems to stretch about as far as our three Indian runner ducks , whose sole interests in life are lettuce , bread and little things which wriggle ; and the frogs in the pond who spend summer days sunning themselves on the warm cement slabs surrounding the off-green water . |
| 20 | Further attempts at fostering were not tried , and the residential workers saw themselves as the main people in Michael 's life . |
| 21 | The magnates saw themselves as the natural counsellors of the king , and argued in the Boulogne agreement and in the petition against the Despensers that they had a duty to act to protect the realm if the king was being led by unwise counsel . |
| 22 | what is it about cup ties … why do teams lift themselves for the big game … why ca n't they play like this every week … if they did they ; d be top of the league … |
| 23 | On shore , police and customs investigation officers deployed themselves along the Cornish coast between Looe and Polperro . |
| 24 | Immediately , problems present themselves to the fertile legal mind , and the final part of this paper will concentrate on exploring the implications of this submission . |
| 25 | This paragraph seems to indicate that it may be possible for a person who has received information in confidence which he could have obtained through other sources to relieve himself of the 'special disability " under which he is otherwise placed by going to those sources . |
| 26 | Susan told herself that she must keep calm , must n't let nerves and muscles knot themselves into the familiar ache of worry . |
| 27 | He comically dismisses his attempts to project himself into the narrative future and finds that the past is rendered elusive by the distortions of the means he uses to recapture it . |
| 28 | A commentator in the Financial Times delivered himself of the following judgment : ‘ Tripe is tripe : if it is not then what we have here is codswallop , tommyrot , drivel . |
| 29 | Many of the people are obliged to wear wet handkerchiefs to protect themselves from the strong fumes of sulphur . ’ |
| 30 | After the Restoration he took pains to dissociate himself from the religious radicals , subscribing both to a declaration against the Fifth Monarchist , Thomas Venner [ q.v. ] , in 1661 , and taking the Oxford oath in 1666 , abhorring armed resistance to the king . |