Example sentences of "be [verb] [pn reflx] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am enjoying myself playing with the autopilot , either adjusting the trim with the ‘ coolie hat ’ on top of the cyclic or playing disconnect , move and reset as an alternative . |
| 2 | The last time she had woken from sleep it had been to find herself looking into the blue eyes of a dangerous enemy ; now the enemy was a friend . |
| 3 | So until further notice from me , you are to consider yourself confined to the Battalion area — that means the Officers ' Mess and your company billet — except when on duty of course . |
| 4 | This powerfully confirmed the way in which Tolkien had been accustoming himself to think about the world ever since he grew to manhood . |
| 5 | All these , as well as many of their innocent relatives and acquaintances , were to find themselves condemned to the mercies of a capricious and often brutal exile administration which many were neither physically nor spiritually able to withstand . |
| 6 | Hence if the Roundabout Motel were to find itself traversed by the proposed M15 bypassing Seachester , it may be compulsorily purchased after the holding of the requisite public inquiry and the approval of the M15 route . |
| 7 | The other meaning uses plastered in the type of structure which we have introduced in the present section ; notice that it allows addition of to be ( and that it is parallel in its overall structure to ( 42 ) where there is a non-finite clause complete with subject , verb and object ) : ( 41 ) Clara wants the façade to be plastered ( 42 ) she wants the builders to plaster the façade Let us also take note of a subtle and rather interesting ambiguity , found in : ( 43 ) Oliver imagined her red-haired This may mean that Oliver is allowing himself to speculate on the effect of , let us say , adding a wig to a blonde lady of his acquaintance ( and this may therefore be called the " cosmetic " version ) ; or he may be trying to build a mental picture of someone he has never met ( the " unacquainted " version ) , in which case imagined could be replaced by supposed with very little alteration in the meaning of the whole . |
| 8 | OK , so Lawrence is enjoying himself pissing in the Rock ‘ n ’ Roll Hall Of Fame but , as the tacky synth gurgles and the Glitter beat stomps and Jonathan 's ‘ Roadrunner ’ is dusted down and ‘ Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep ’ is sampled just to bring that blood to boiling , this uppity little Brummie is trying to liberate us from history , to open our possibilities , to help each and every one of us lay claim to our own personally honest musical heritage . |
| 9 | But in the meantime how pleasant it is to find oneself arriving in the evening for the first time in some lively little English market town , where one can forget for a while the noisy onward march of science , and settle down to meditate upon the civilised past . |
| 10 | I am conscious that to question publicly the established methods of English study is to lay oneself open to the charge of giving aid and comfort to the philistines and utilitarians who want to remake higher education according to their own ideals , if that is the word for them . |
| 11 | They were a congenial trio , and already the sense of Christmas excitement was making itself felt in the house . |