Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But not too many of those who reckoned she should be pitting herself alongside the professionals recognised that she was putting herself through a far tougher ordeal by playing in a junior championship where she had everything to lose , nothing to gain . |
| 2 | We should be asking ourselves about the character of individuals which are being produced by the family forms that we have today and about law 's part in creating the domestic group . |
| 3 | Distillery played with great spirit but Crusaders must be kicking themselves for the chances they threw away . |
| 4 | A good dancing tune now , or else you might be dancing yourself on the end of a rope . ’ |
| 5 | The gulls can see the help and benefit they receive from Iago 's service , but can not see , or conceive , that Iago could be benefiting himself at the same time ; and no one could possibly see that Iago is in fact benefiting himself by destroying them . |
| 6 | ‘ If I was to insult the contestants I would be shooting myself in the foot . |
| 7 | ‘ Although we will not be contesting the election in Darlington and Richmond , we shall be involving ourselves in the debate about environmental issues which have attracted scant attention from the other main parties . ’ |
| 8 | So I shall be enjoying myself at the wedding |
| 9 | Business Objects SA , a French software house that markets an object-oriented data access tool for end-users which bypasses SQL , will be launching itself onto the UK market next Wednesday . |