Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Volkswagen , which is the largest European car producer , has in recent months aligned itself behind the car protectionist lobby because , heavily dependent on high cost German labour , it is aware that it will have difficulties in beating off Japanese cars when they are imported without quotas into Europe . |
| 2 | Nietzsche was not present , but whereas the premiere of Tristan in 1865 had not prompted any discernible reaction in him , on this occasion he took a much livelier interest and during the following months familiarized himself with the work through the score . |
| 3 | A significant minority of our survey subjects referred themselves to the GP , drugs counsellor , and so on . |
| 4 | Frankie backed away as the animal 's snarling head and powerful front legs hooked themselves over the top of the gate and her back legs struggled for a foot-hold on the curves of wrought iron . |
| 5 | One hundred and twenty years after Nehemiah and Pericles Greeks and Jews found themselves under the control of Alexander the Great — a Greek-speaking Macedonian who considered himself the heir of the Persian kings . |
| 6 | One of the undulating shapes detached itself from the wall and advanced towards the shining executioner as though blind to its danger . |
| 7 | It was the night of the school disco and a group of parents were standing in the corner as the kids enjoyed themselves on the dance floor . |
| 8 | In its original meaning çift referred to the smallest unit of land which could support a family , and in the early days of the timar system the çift was the core holding which the timarli farmed himself for the benefit of his own family . |
| 9 | Once again , the Elves found themselves in the middle of a war without a Phoenix King . |
| 10 | In 1980 these countries committed themselves to the concept of health for all by the year 2000 . |
| 11 | Leigh Miners fancied themselves against the upstarts , but fell to a 35-12 home defeat . |
| 12 | A relay of tapes filled themselves in the machines on the table beside them . |
| 13 | While the films made at the beginning of the war appealed for people to forget selfish desires and apply themselves to the common good , to put aside class divisions in order to confront an enemy that threatened everyone equally , the Gainsborough films addressed themselves to the frustrations and the pain that came after continuous self-sacrifice . |
| 14 | The nucleus of workers who helped transform Carno Railway Station into one of the world 's most efficient textile printing plants considered themselves from the beginning as part of an extended family . |
| 15 | Guard dogs hurled themselves against the wire and then chased the car the length of the property , barking frantically , while Cinzia told Zen how she had persuaded Gianluigi to buy a place in the country although he could n't see the point , but to her nature was not a luxury but something fundamental , a source of sanity and order , did he understand what she meant ? |
| 16 | For example , the problem of representing three-dimensional figures in two dimensions lent itself to the splitting of animal forms so that they faced out in both directions , joined by a centre line around the mouth and spine . |
| 17 | A sharp shout of command — twelve troopers ranged themselves across the road . |
| 18 | The flare sank lower ; was , he guessed , down to about thirty seconds , when one of the black figures detached itself from the shadows . |
| 19 | The hounds threw themselves at the gate . |
| 20 | Two vaguely serpentine exters detached themselves from the group . |
| 21 | The return of the Emperor to France and the subsequent declaration of war had been good for Harper 's trade ; a good hunter stolen from a Protestant plantation in Ireland would fetch a prime price in England where so many officers equipped themselves for the campaign . |
| 22 | During the second world war Burmese and Indonesian nationalists allied themselves with the Japanese , finding them a useful lever against the colonial power and in some ways preferable to it . |
| 23 | It is true that there were unforeseen obstacles for Hibs to overcome — not least of which was an ankle injury to goalkeeper Chris Reid who was stretchered off after 37 minutes after a 50-50 challenge with Colin West — but it was difficult to disagree with Alex Miller 's belief that Hibs shot themselves in the foot . |
| 24 | Far out in the blue bay , a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy , from which , at intervals , three other figures hurled themselves into the water . |
| 25 | As Alison disappeared with Irina , Ludens seated himself on the table . |
| 26 | As the ‘ Wares positioned themselves amongst the household Dunan gazed out on the Circle . |
| 27 | Gazing at the random and momentary flares Ludens felt himself in the presence of some awful rite . |
| 28 | While the Republican politicians dithered and the more violent partisans of the Popular Front vented their anger and frustration on people they considered to be right-wing , ecclesiastical properties and captured rebels , the insurgents entrenched themselves in the positions they had managed to take . |
| 29 | A pair of slaves threw themselves against the doors , closing them . |
| 30 | Woil stared around him and then suddenly with a push of his wings raised himself into the air , turned , and landed ten feet away on the back of a green bench . |