Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For her latest exhibition , Oulton has gone even further to distance herself from Old Master traditions and concepts of Englishness . |
| 2 | Mr Tebbit was keen yesterday to distance himself from any comparison with Mr Powell . |
| 3 | These are patients cut off from their capacity to feel , presumably to protect themselves from emotional pain . |
| 4 | When linguists became involved , with a few notable exceptions , it was mainly to distance themselves from this current of ideas and to introduce the second phase . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'd do well to rid yourself of those kind of notions , Deveraugh , or you could find yourself greatly disappointed . ’ |
| 6 | Should Alan Ingram 's verdict on the Budget be widely held , Mr Lamont would do well to prepare himself for that growth to stop dead in its tracks . |
| 7 | Thomas seems however to contradict himself in this matter , presupposing elsewhere that orders relate to the body , as when he writes : ‘ Since in matters pertaining to the soul woman does not differ from man as to the thing , … it follows that she can receive the gift of prophecy and the like , but not the sacrament of Orders . ’ |
| 8 | I vowed never to put myself in that position again , ’ she says . |
| 9 | I wanted specifically to address myself to one rumour which seems to be a circulating dilemma , a great deal of enthusiasm and I heard that at er Chichester Railway Station today erm the staff at Chichester Railway Station seem to be under the impression that the erm the emergency planning authorities er have imminent proposals to breach the railway line south of to allow the flood water to escape to the sea , with the result so I was quite earnestly and er without any doubt that the railway will be closed for six months erm the , the Chairman of the County Council just raised this issue with the Emergency Planning , I understand that this is er an unsubstantiated rumour and er that there be a an immediate er destruction of the railways is not imminent but er I think perhaps it shows that erm probably due to the the great media interest and all sorts of stories are er doing a round but it goes without saying of course that the railway was n't closed for six months to the railway , but I do n't think there is any er any prospect to that , but I think the Chairman Council feels that . |