Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [vb pp] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arafat had tried to keep his Fatah guerrillas out of the fighting , but when the Phalange and Chamounists laid siege to the Palestinian camps of Karantina and Tel al-Za'atar , the PLO had committed itself to the war on the side of the Muslims and leftists . |
| 2 | Brian Hall , safety and training officer at Redpath Offshore , said he found it difficult to explain why Mr Eaton had placed himself under the pipe . |
| 3 | Ken had mortgaged himself to the hilt with the flat in Brunswick Gardens , Kensington and after one interminable row following another , he told his parents to leave the flat . |
| 4 | At the moment of crisis , in the hand-to-hand fighting at the gates of Taillebourg when the decision could have gone either way , Richard had thrown himself into the thick of the melee . |
| 5 | Nigel has put himself in the right place , and there 's no doubt about that . ’ |
| 6 | Lenin had been the effective leader in the United States of Soviet Russia but he died in January 1924 , leaving two possible successors , Trotsky and Stalin , but Stalin had established himself in the Communist hierarchy and Trotsky was subsequently expelled . |
| 7 | The three Miss Lovelocks had seated themselves on the window-seat , their silvery heads nodding and trembling , and their glasses , as Ella was not unsurprised to see , quite empty . |
| 8 | Pete had arranged himself in the passenger seat so that he could get his feet up on the dashboard . |
| 9 | Since its foundation in 1961 , the NDP had established itself as the most successful social democratic party in north America , and as Canada 's third main party at federal level . |
| 10 | Meh'Lindi had injected herself with the Polymorphine . |
| 11 | Harry had settled himself for the night and then felt the need for a drink of water . |
| 12 | Even though her motive may have been a desire to manipulate the situation , her wish was supported by Dr. M. and , initially at least , by Dr. D. In those circumstances I entertain grave doubts that if Thorpe J. had directed himself in the way I have suggested , that W. 's wishes should be respected unless there were very strong reasons for rejecting them , he would have reached the decision which he did . |
| 13 | Leeds captain Gary McAllister has pledged himself to the champions . |
| 14 | Sting and Peter Gabriel had committed themselves to the Amnesty world tour later that year so gave the June concerts a miss , and Simple Minds had already said yes to the Nelson Mandela birthday celebration the week before . |
| 15 | In effect , God had declared himself for the English and against the French . |
| 16 | When he came to the car , Ana had established herself in the back with Mitch and he would have needed to be extremely unpleasant to order them out . |
| 17 | The first argument to scotch is that Britain has committed itself over the years to accepting the single currency and the central bank . |
| 18 | Clinton had cast himself as the candidate of new economic opportunity and appealed over and over for voters to summon the ‘ courage to change ’ by electing him and running mate Al Gore . |
| 19 | Amy had thrown herself into the social round , while Catherine had begun a career in journalism . |
| 20 | Their enthusiasm for the research increased after the policemen and women in Easton had reassured themselves about the field-worker 's religion , sensitivity towards which was initially intensified by the common-sense view among some ordinary constables that Queen 's University is a Republican stronghold . |
| 21 | Kate had surprised herself with the intensity of her response . |
| 22 | To be fair to the Tories , would Lady Whitelaw , Lady Howe or Lady Ridley have subjected themselves to the magazine make-over ? |
| 23 | How convenient of John Major to have put himself in the position of bringing the Maastricht issue to a head — and at the same time virtually assuring a no-confidence vote in the Government — on the day the sun and Saturn are in a tense 90-degree angle to each other . |
| 24 | Charles had pushed himself to the limit in the armed forces and had insisted upon doing the full training that his fellow officers did — despite protests from his superiors . |
| 25 | About three weeks later , Jenny had resigned herself to the fact that she would stay . |
| 26 | In the interim , Alistair had convinced himself of the following : before returning his aggrieved letter , Sixsmith had steamed it open and then resealed it . |
| 27 | Luke could have done with more help , but Umberto had barricaded himself into the tack room with another bottle . |
| 28 | Karelius had stationed himself on the right flank , a little to the rear of those in the very forefront . |
| 29 | By December 1982 , when Celtic lifted the League Cup for the first time since the mid-'70s , Nicholas had established himself as the young sensation of Scottish football . |
| 30 | The second argument is that the governments of the EC have committed themselves to the goal of Monetary Union in communiqués at the end of summits in the past . |