Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [noun pl] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was there a few days and then me and me friends barricaded ourselves in a cell and we would n't come out because there was nowt to do . |
| 2 | The Alliance and its supporters busied themselves in rates and exposes of socialist malpractice . |
| 3 | The club and its supporters saw themselves as part of the mythical ‘ aristocracy ’ of football but Macari insisted they were out of touch with modern football and embarked on a mission to toughen the team and its image . |
| 4 | Apparently industrialised nations and their politicians torture themselves into believing that if Third World countries are turned into amphitheatres of food and agricultural research , lustily cheered on and abetted by Western ‘ gurus ’ , everything will be hunky-dory . |
| 5 | Once you have these you are then in a position to work out which behaviours to use and which behaviours to avoid yourself in order to shape the reactions you want from the other person . |
| 6 | Adam sat on the bank among the bulrushes and the great , pale , leathery hosta leaves and looked at the house with its canopy of roses and honeysuckle , the martins ' nest under the eaves , the long terrace with Zeus in his various avatars and his loves disporting themselves along the flint wall . |
| 7 | In about 1805 he and his brothers established themselves in Bristol as ‘ stonemasons , architects , builders etc . ’ , |
| 8 | Frankie felt his face redden and his hands clench themselves into fists . |