Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is also the case that , in practice , social purpose Adult Education has frequently concerned itself exclusively with the small minority of politically active , leftist members of the working class , usually , though not always , via trade union education .
2 He had hidden himself then in the deepest hole he could find because the lightning and the thunder alarmed him .
3 Kirov did little actual business there , for he had deliberately priced himself well outside the common market .
4 The Prince had positioned himself just behind the six guns of the Dutch battery .
5 I gather that he 's got himself together over the last 18 months and it has certainly paid off .
6 She had n't been keeping track of the conversation , but he seemed to have pulled himself together over the past few minutes .
7 He had entered parliament in 1900 , twenty-six years after Balfour , he had held no Cabinet post , he had taken no active role in party institutions , and he had not involved himself much in the social world of Westminster .
8 At the same time , it was not to be supposed that William Joyce had put himself entirely on the wrong side of the law .
9 ‘ Idolo , my hero , I am 'ere ! ’ yelled a busty blonde through cupped hands , earning herself a wave from Juan and dirty looks from both Sharon and Mrs Juan , who had stationed themselves grimly on the halfway line , surrounded by supporters .
10 Theuderic I seems to have kept himself apart from the other sons of Clovis , though this could , in part , be explained by his greater age .
11 Catherine Destivelle has established herself firmly on the big mountains scene again with her incredibly bold and gutsy free ascent of the Bonatti Pillar solo .
12 Alongside this development have appeared key products such as estate agents services and mortgage facilities , which have established themselves firmly over the same period .
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