Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two explosions in quick succession made me throw myself to the ground . |
| 2 | Why did I introduce myself as a sceptic about values but not about facts ? |
| 3 | May I associate myself with the praise that has been heaped on the know-how fund ? |
| 4 | But I have to ask myself this — would I hate myself in the morning ? ’ |
| 5 | Only after leaving did I glimpse myself in the mirror . |
| 6 | Can I propose yourself as the Chair of this Committee ? |
| 7 | Why should I put myself to a lot of trouble and difficulty when — perhaps — you could just give the terrorists what they ask and save all the bother ? ’ |
| 8 | " Now let me see myself in a glass , " Sara said eventually , and when one was brought gave a gasp of surprise , because she had not worn the high collar before or had her hair braided , and although these strange garments were a little uncomfortable and restricting she could n't help admiring the slashed sleeves , the low , square neck and the wonderful wide skirt that swept the stone floor . |
| 9 | Why the hell did n't you throw yourself at the door ? ’ |
| 10 | Do you regard yourself to the left or to the right in politics ? |
| 11 | Would you describe yourself as a pessimist ? |
| 12 | Would you describe yourself as a pessimist ? |
| 13 | Only after these days can she present herself to the priest for ritual atonement of her impurity : |
| 14 | Can you amuse yourself for a couple of hours ? ’ |
| 15 | Then suddenly there was this group of people who asserted that not only could you commit yourself to a member of your own sex , they were actually doing it . |
| 16 | Never must she put herself in a position where she might be tempted to betray the fact that she loved him . |
| 17 | In the last resort the only satisfactory answer to the question , ‘ Why do you devote yourself to the attempt to understand ? ’ is , ‘ Because I derive so strong a satisfaction from doing so . ’ |
| 18 | Can they make themselves into a statue of , for example , Anancy playing a trick ? |
| 19 | She felt him gather himself like a beast on the powerful springs of its limbs . |
| 20 | That 's quite ludicrous , why should they shoot themselves in the foot and is Mr seriously suggesting the same thing ? |
| 21 | Would he describe himself as an intellectual ? |
| 22 | But how far , even as an occasional visitor , could he isolate himself from the community , from their private tragedies no less than their dinner parties ? |
| 23 | Will he address himself to the fact that no less than 44 per cent . |
| 24 | Let us content ourselves for the moment with finding out exactly which of the axioms given earlier are required to establish property M. First , then , we prove , giving all the details , Lemma 1.2.1 |
| 25 | Let us remind ourselves of the grounding formula for choices of ends : |
| 26 | Let us imagine ourselves as a reader of Penthouse in order to answer this question . |
| 27 | In the meantime , let us address ourselves to the problem of those poor souls on the fo'c's'le . |