Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [pn reflx] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But you were right when you insisted that I must give myself the opportunity to learn my true feelings , although … ’
2 I had the strange impression that he wanted me to believe he was death ; that at any moment the leathery old skin and the eyes would fall , and I should find myself the guest of a skeleton .
3 I think he just wants to keep putting it off ; he might be frightened of me gaining too much independence , or he might simply be scared that I 'll kill myself the way a lot of youths seem to when they get a bike .
4 To get some idea of the best system for your particular way of life you should ask yourself the sort of questions a heating contractor would ask :
5 And she 'd scrub herself the hands with that you know and of course my mam used to do all the baking did n't she .
6 If you regularly take snacks instead of eating properly , you will deny yourself the nutrients that your body requires .
7 Well that 's two million pounds interestingly erm there are costs er er er we had some of our U S interest rates and we er that actually was an outgoing erm there , there are lots of other pluses and minuses and we , you can kid yourself the rate being eight point nine accrued and five and a half adjusted er if you want to think you know if you th think the treasury job was a good one , but erm the truth lies somewhere in between I suspect .
8 We will set ourselves the objective of increasing the degree of consonance still further , and therefore the bass will be kept consonant with all upper parts : Though the effect of this is quite good , indeed smooth and sonorous , the concept of using a bass consonant with all upper parts has produced chords which are either diminished 7ths ( chord 1 ) or contain major or minor chords .
9 We can allow ourselves the luxury of such an extravagant theory , provided that the odds against this coincidence occurring on a planet do not exceed 100 billion billion to one .
10 I should think that happens quite a lot , but I doubt they 'd call themselves The Hell Fire Club .
11 He may need to do all this , and to ventilate his fears of a future without her ; but he has probably been told since he was three years old that ‘ boys do n't cry ’ , and that men must always show courage and maintain the stiff upper lip , so he may deny himself the relief of lowering his defences and ‘ letting go ’ which society expects the widow to do quite naturally .
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