Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eagle was so evidently , so ferociously beautiful ; one would have thought that it could have impressed itself upon the most unwilling beholder . |
| 2 | H&C 's management knows where it does not want to be , and has distanced itself from the previously volatile structure with some skill . |
| 3 | Happily , happily the statement of faith does seem to have commended itself to a much larger number of presbyteries and kirk sessions and many indeed hundreds hundreds took the trouble to offer amendments and improvements to it . |
| 4 | ‘ I had got myself in a very foolish position . |
| 5 | She had never regarded herself as a very organised person , and did n't even consider she had a routine ; but when George retired , realised that she did have a kind of pattern . |
| 6 | Joyfully and thankfully reconciled with me , and having proved himself in a very arduous campaign , he might well have rested on his laurels in comfort and safety , waiting for the war to end or to be drafted to some new theatre of operations . |
| 7 | One strand of modern research has devoted itself to the ferociously difficult task of building formal models that precisely state the conditions that are necessary and sufficient for competition to work , and describe whether and in what sense the result is ‘ efficient ’ . |
| 8 | Very seldom in the history of French sport has a national team found itself under an almost moral obligation to win ’ , said the same editorial . |
| 9 | Through most of its existence , the Council has viewed itself as a slightly pettifogging , rather legalistic arbitrator . |
| 10 | Through most of its existence , the Council has viewed itself as a slightly pettifogging , rather legalistic arbitrator . |
| 11 | Having worked himself into a highly nervous state , he clenched his fists against his sides , saying in a grating voice , ‘ My own father lacked the courage when it came right down to it … |
| 12 | The competition was , alas , horrific , as they had ill-advisedly placed themselves in a predominantly female quarter of the hall , where few boys were bold enough to venture . |
| 13 | Braque , on the other hand , although he was only six months younger than Picasso , was slower in his development and had not yet established himself as a particularly original or significant painter ; indeed , Braque subsequently came to feel that the paintings he executed in Antwerp during the summer of 1906 were his first creative works . |
| 14 | Not only had he transformed the political situation among the western Saxons but he had also established himself as the most powerful ruler in southern England . |
| 15 | And in Oxford , the Welsh boy had launched himself as a nationally acclaimed actor and playwright . |
| 16 | PC Works 3.0 is an enhanced version of Microsoft Works ( known as MS Works ) which has established itself as a very popular integrated package . |
| 17 | The German occupation proved useful in one respect , however : it spurred the formation of the Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne ( CIVC ) , an organisation which has since established itself as the most successful of its type in France . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He reminded those who felt such concern that " since the war , Japan has dedicated itself to a purely defensive posture under our peace constitution and vowed never again to become a military power such as might pose a threat to other countries " . |
| 20 | For the teachings of the Sage , suddenly , have established themselves as an almost indestructible Oriental adhesive , helping to bind so many of the region 's member-societies together . |