Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scottish selectors , however , rated his prime potential value to Scotland as a prop and the genial giant is in the process of seeking to establish himself in the tighthead position . |
| 2 | By making an alliance with Megara , Athens was clearly seeking to secure herself from a lightning invasion from the west — the threat which had been made at the time of Thasos . |
| 3 | She had not looked deliberately , not wanting to tempt herself with the sight of him . |
| 4 | When we denounce the anti-Semitism and let the Fascism take care of itself , we are fastening on what is prepolitical or sub-political , and refusing to engage ourselves on the plane of politics where , as Olson insists , we 're required to vindicate our own sorts of polity against the Fascist sorts . |
| 5 | Despite killing more than 1m of their countrymen between 1975 and 1979 , and despite refusing to submit themselves to the vote , they still have a chance of being invited into the government after the election . |
| 6 | And for all he knew , pro-Syrian elements , the Lebanese Forces and other narco-terrorist groups were also still looking to revenge themselves for the damage that he and the Asmar cell had done to their drugs , arms and hostage-taking operations in Beirut . |
| 7 | The picture is obscured by the different public and private agencies seeking to divest themselves of the burden by distributing costs between one another . |
| 8 | WITH COVENT Garden on the rise , West Soho , London 's Eighties mecca of zonal shopping , is looking to keep itself on the agenda . |
| 9 | Initially the Australians showed that they were unprepared to be manipulated by quietly but firmly refusing to commit themselves to the ANC 's extra-curricular initiatives for a Boipatong visit and the wearing of black armbands during matches . |
| 10 | This type will grow into a defiant adult seeking to prove himself to the world . |
| 11 | ‘ In all my films , ’ said Winner , ‘ the underlying theme is the individual seeking to prove himself against the mass , to set himself above the environment . |
| 12 | After them the literary scene in Slovenia throughout the nineteenth century resembles that of many of the small nations of Europe struggling to free themselves from the shackles of the great multinational empires which straddled the continent from Finland to the Aegean . |
| 13 | Her hair , red snakes struggling to free themselves from the hairpins , was the only vital thing about her . |
| 14 | She had twisted and turned , struggling to free herself to no avail , until a well-aimed kick had won her a temporary respite . |
| 15 | She just looked up at him with bewildered eyes and he put her firmly away , turning to launch himself into the water . |
| 16 | So I think he 's going to find himself in a lot of trouble . |
| 17 | If she 's not careful , her poor old taxi is going to find itself off the road for a week . |
| 18 | He was much the same height as Hotspur , and much the same build , though twenty years at least older , and a century more crafty , and there was always the curious suggestion about him that he was ready and waiting to fit himself into the void if ever Hotspur slipped out of being . |
| 19 | If you have a group of parents who want something particular from a school and are going to organise themselves into a group to pressurise that school , they 'll do it whether there 's a P T A there or not . |
| 20 | This involves attempting to put yourself in the consumer 's shoes so as to identify with their hopes and expectations and finding ways of meeting these . |
| 21 | You 're not , you do n't trust them , you 're not going to put yourself on the line are you , suppose . |
| 22 | The hoverspeeder , its motors still idling , was attempting to wedge itself into the hole in the wall which Daak must have made with the vehicle 's front thrusters . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not going to turn myself into a performing monkey , ’ warns Howard . |
| 24 | Owen had been working for a consulting company in Washington before deciding to devote himself to the contras , sitting at North 's feet ; despite his deep immersion in murky affairs , he still took a wide-eyed view of the world in which he operated . |
| 25 | ‘ Yeah ; soon as it 's finished , I 'm going to throw myself off the Channel Tunnel . ’ |
| 26 | Existing customers are a worse risk because if they know redundancy is in the offing they are more likely to take out redundancy protection while new borrowers are not going to commit themselves to a mortgage if they are worried about losing their jobs . ’ |
| 27 | The PC is also beginning to establish itself as a consumer item , as demonstrated by its appearance in high street retail chains like Dixons , Wildings and John Lewis . |
| 28 | Looking upwards , Miss Fergusson observed the halo of cloud beginning to form itself around the summit of the mountain . |
| 29 | They alighted on Saddam Hussein of Iraq , who in the late 1970s was beginning to portray himself as a man of moderation who might be able to make himself useful to the West , not least by acting as a counter to now-revolutionary Iran . |
| 30 | It ill behoves Opposition Members constantly , for ideological reasons , to decry my Department 's sponsorship of the sale of arms to friendly countries wishing to defend themselves within the terms of , for example , article 51 of the United Nations charter . |