Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] with [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | RAY THOMAS caught some Shannies on the local beach and found himself with an unusual breeding project . |
2 | But his lordship 's grandfather was a cautious man , and provided himself with a secret way out at need . |
3 | Beaten 6–3 , 6–3 in their previous encounter , 6ft 5ins tall Ainley , a former Hampshire County choice , avenged himself with a superb display to take the title at the fourth attempt with a 6–2 , 6–1 win . |
4 | Eye surgeons immediately accepted the new compound , and Alcon found itself with a worldwide monopoly . |
5 | About to batter the floor with her heel , Lissa stopped herself with a superhuman effort and held herself rigid . |
6 | She was tied up until lunch with yet another department meeting but , after a sandwich in the refectory , found herself with a clear afternoon . |
7 | Abolitionists provided themselves with a collective equivalent to the practice of personal scrutiny in their annual meetings . |
8 | The ladies , therefore , had four or five babies as quickly after marriage as nature would permit , and thus provided themselves with an indefinite number of conversational gambits . |
9 | The family found themselves with a gutted ruin and one surviving wing . |
10 | GH-K are no strangers to such nail-biting circumstances since they only retained their position this season when they found themselves with a better points differential to Stewart's-Melville , who have subsequently won promotion . |
11 | So , as the 71/72 season dawned , Athletico found themselves with a new team , a new league and a bright future . |
12 | Having clarified your objectives , and provided yourself with the necessary resources , make a start . |
13 | John Marshall was given ample time to cross and Farrell redeemed himself with an unstoppable half volley . |
14 | He aligned himself with the traditional view that the Scriptures describe unseen things by the form of visible things so as to stimulate reason in cognitive understanding , itself a spiritual reality which is an image of full contemplative knowledge . |
15 | He gave support to William Wallace in his fight for Scottish independence but deserted him and aligned himself with the English King Edward I who was trying to dominate Scotland . |
16 | Springfield made as though to answer , then checked himself with a quick glance in Pam 's direction . |
17 | He busied himself with the electric kettle and a jar of instant coffee , and in a moment or two put the hot drink in front of her . |
18 | Vologsky committed himself with the flat statement . |
19 | Wolf identified himself with the existing élite of Anglo-Jewry in regarding Jewish emancipation in England as a success story , and expecting that the growth of tolerance would enable Jews elsewhere to live both within their ancestral religion and culture , and as full citizens of their respective countries . |
20 | His intense irritation with his distant superiors transferred itself with an illogical rush to the silent girl , and he caught her by the arm . |
21 | Jessamy told herself with a dark frown . |
22 | Teaching summer school , she told herself with a quick dart of guilt , not kissing wild Sardinians in the middle of the ocean . |
23 | She was getting out of this house for a while , she told herself with a resigned sigh . |
24 | She felt the beginnings of a disastrous blush and busied herself with a dirty mark on the window , getting out her handkerchief and scrubbing , her back to Louise . |
25 | While Cleo and Dauntless tried to arrange themselves comfortably upon the sacking — which smelled malodorous in the extreme , as if the dogs had been using it as a toilet Apanage busied herself with the ghost-bagging equipment . |
26 | Dope was n't , but the drug legal advice service ‘ Release ’ which concerned itself with the increasing number of busts — and junkies — began operating in West London . |
27 | For example , in Lonrho/House of Fraser ( 1979 ) , it concerned itself with the managerial capacity of a particular individual . |
28 | Four of these were members of the networks under observation , but lived in neighbouring townships and so were excluded from the quantitative analysis which concerned itself with the known-unknown ratio in specific townships . |
29 | Whereas the nineteenth-century state concerned itself with the common affairs of all capital owners , the growth of giant industrial corporations and of large financial combines has now led to the almost complete exclusion of other capitalist fractions from influence over the state . |
30 | Dennis ran down the concrete slope and leapt in as the craft relaunched itself with a loud splash , taking on quite a lot of water . |