Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is bound to be seen as further evidence that Britain risks cutting itself off from the mainstream of European integration because of hostility both to economic and monetary union and to eventual political union . |
| 2 | Mickey Morris ' continued involvement in spite of his parents ' derision , Carlos Francis ' determination to defy his parents ' ridicule of football as a career , former British and European middleweight boxing champion Bunny Sterling 's refusal ‘ to let on to ’ his parents about his boxing : these are typical examples of black kids cutting themselves away from the strings of their parents and locating the vital , influential figures in their lives elsewhere . |
| 3 | The voting continued throughout Monday night , eight candidates putting themselves forward for the honour . |
| 4 | The explanation that is usually given as to why we do n't see broken cups gathering themselves together off the floor and jumping back onto the table is that it is forbidden by the second law of thermodynamics . |
| 5 | Would they see broken cups gathering themselves together off the floor and jumping back onto the table ? |
| 6 | The rise in local politics over recent years is not just the passive outcome of national forces working themselves out at the local level . |
| 7 | My head was splitting open now , black diamonds forcing themselves through from the inside . |