Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Monsieur Gaston concerned himself with other things . ’ |
| 2 | In France , Bernard found himself with more time than he had ever been used to in his working life ; after his hour-long morning telephone call to John James the day stretched ahead . |
| 3 | Edward declared himself without musical talents of any kind . |
| 4 | Jagatan raised himself on one elbow , and Burun guessed that he had been drinking for most of the afternoon . |
| 5 | For all the music 's stylistic instability , I prefer these two early sonatas , before Krenek committed himself to serial techniques so consistently for most of the rest of his life . |
| 6 | No , Maggie protected herself at all times . |
| 7 | That Banbridge put themselves within touching distance of their first title since 1988 owes much to their battling qualities . |
| 8 | Katie Jane absolved herself of all responsibility for this when she recently claimed in the NME that is was all the onlooker 's problem . |
| 9 | Grant flung himself to one side … but this time he was just a split second too late . |
| 10 | Recently the junior staff at Southmead Hospital in Bristol found themselves in bitter dispute with the hospital management over the terms and conditions of their employment . |
| 11 | In 376 , however , the Visigoths found themselves under extreme pressure from the Huns , an Asiatic people from the steppes . |
| 12 | Denmark is their other northern commitment , and it is there that 2 RRP found itself on 30 June 1989 . |
| 13 | Last year , Amnesty mounted a huge campaign against human rights abuses in Morocco , and King Hassan found himself under increasing pressure to make some sort of response . |
| 14 | Later , Taheb raised herself on one elbow and let her hand slide along his thigh . |
| 15 | The carefully conceived ‘ return for nourishment ’ to the rituals exposed by Cornford exhausted itself after two fragments . |
| 16 | It was good to see that , with all his other duties , Hans kept himself astride such matters . |
| 17 | On walking into the Stop Hinkley Centre , Marshall introduced himself with typical candour as ‘ the enemy ’ , then launched into a long shaggy dog story about how much opposition there had been to a hydro-electric scheme in Snowdonia . |
| 18 | When the jet took off again , Trevor found himself with more patients . |
| 19 | Had n't he taken a day off to go fishing , while Adam busied himself with prospective clients ? |
| 20 | The miners refused to accept such changes and the General Council of the TUC committed itself to sympathetic strike action from Friday , 31 July . |
| 21 | 789 ( CS 262 : S 1183 ) , but whether Lindsey detached itself from Mercian control in 757–8 and , if so , how long an interval elapsed before Offa reasserted himself is unknown . |
| 22 | The United Kingdom based itself in that regard on international law and on the need for the flag state effectively to exercise jurisdiction over the owners , charterers and operators of vessels flying its flag . |
| 23 | As the final chimes faded , Daniel raised himself on one elbow and started to outline with his finger the pattern of reflected leaves that decorated Elisabeth 's body . |
| 24 | Rose raised herself on one elbow and addressed the darkness in a fierce whisper . |
| 25 | For the next few years , David Whitaker immersed himself in all aspects of writing for Television . |
| 26 | Elizabeth Carter and Constantia Grierson established themselves as classical scholars . |
| 27 | ' I understand that Daniele Miletti got himself into some trouble with your section some time ago . ’ |
| 28 | Meanwhile , Frano Botica helped himself to 24 points , two tries and eight goals , as Wigan beat French champions , Carcassonne 52–0 — and then admitted his job was on the line . |
| 29 | Miller jerked himself into some sort of alert state as they approached , smiling glassily . |
| 30 | Today when the four younger boys left for school , Jack helped himself to another cup of tea . |