Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll do yourself out of a job |
| 2 | In London , meanwhile , a Whitehall report citing all sorts of commercial opportunities at the British Museum has drawn a defensive response : suggestions that the museum might see itself more like a branch of the leisure industry have got the staff bristling with indignation . |
| 3 | Well you pa yeah you certainly pay nine hundred pound a year out anyway , damage to the toilet seat and so you know , that 'll pay itself back in a year and , you know . |
| 4 | ‘ It 'll switch itself off in a few seconds . ’ |
| 5 | No I am grateful to Mr because he 's finally crystallised in my mind something that 's been bugging me the longer I stay on this council about exactly what the Tories see their role here as and it 's now very clear to me , more than ever and that is that if you want to be obstructive and negative and if you go on long enough being obstructive and negative what you can end up doing is that you 'll find yourself eventually in a position going on long enough that you can make totally meaningless speeches but at least you 'll get nice headlines in the paper and that seems to me the whole essence of the Tory strategy . |
| 6 | ‘ Then very shortly you 'll find yourself out of a job . ’ |
| 7 | The management er clearly desired to implement the scheme er with the minimum amount of frustration er to anyone , although you 've got to understand that as an engineer working a , a big milling machine for example , if someone comes along and said er , you know you could stand that job on its side different to what you 've got it at the moment , and you could do two faces instead of one you know , by turning the table and you know , by use of various tools er decrease the time factor , there was the , it was a fear that our members may work themselves out of a job . |
| 8 | This was a Hibs side , too , with no need to fear relegation and every incentive to probe for damage done by Rangers ' injury crisis while seeing if they could move themselves closer to a place in Europe . |
| 9 | There were no written rules or code of practice in the early years of the trade , and anyone could set themselves up as a coffin-maker or undertaker . |
| 10 | He proceeded , unchallenged , to the shuttle docks where he 'd previously concealed the identity backup so that he could pass himself off as a human shuttle-worker . |
| 11 | Sometimes an older child made a deliberate choice to do so , having already got to know them well , but others could find themselves suddenly in a new home with no say at all . |
| 12 | If I do n't agree then I could find myself out of a job ! ’ |
| 13 | When the weather was cold he would wrap himself up in a tabar , a big , black , woollen cloak . |
| 14 | But they have got to be able to say : ‘ We will open ourselves up to a change agent ’ … and change is painful . ’ |
| 15 | But they have got to be able to say : ‘ We will open ourselves up to a change agent ’ … and change is painful . ’ |
| 16 | Dr Curtis expects him to stay there , so you may find yourself out of a job tonight . ’ |
| 17 | HAVE noticed that any old grandad who can prop himself up on a spade can dig better than I can , and it does seem that although women have virtues not given to men , men also have their gifts . |
| 18 | The supreme example of spiny defence is shown by the porcupine fish , a small inflatable creature that can puff itself up into a prickly sphere , either with an intake of water when under the surface , or with air when it has been caught and removed from the sea . |
| 19 | It 's the songs ' incoherence — for who can keep themselves together in a world that 's falling apart — that gives them their power : to hurt , if not to motivate . |
| 20 | Oxfam 's greatest wish on their fiftieth anniversary is that they can put themselves out of a job.But in the meantime they believe the problems of the third world can only be solved when the developed world understands . |
| 21 | This involves an input of energy and the sodium is trapped inside a large molecule , called an ionophore , that acts as a ligand ( a compound that can attach itself strongly to a metal ) . |