Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opposition forwards are not committing themselves to the ruck or maul . |
| 2 | A positive attitude is and important asset when it comes to maintaining a workout regime , and that comes with knowing that you are not pitting yourself against the impossible . |
| 3 | I think you can be much more relaxed about the way your child 's growing up if you 're not over-investing yourself in the way it grows up , if you follow me . |
| 4 | That is , when they 're not watching themselves in the mirrors , making sure that they are still up to the mark . |
| 5 | We 're about to rid ourselves of the blood and fat of the buffalo . " |
| 6 | I 'm not patting myself on the back — it 's a highly competitive business and one needs selfish , single-minded dedication to succeed , but because female comics were rare in my day , competition was negligible , and I was able to be generous . |
| 7 | Fourth , and finally , the rejection of the Athenians by the Spartans makes more sense if the Ephialtic reforms are seen as part of a process rather than as an event , that is , if the qualities which the Spartans feared were gradually manifesting themselves over the whole thirty-year period , 487–457 . |
| 8 | The Communists were busily isolating themselves from the labour movement ; the Independent Labour Party was about to do the same . |
| 9 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs and at last somebody out there has the common sense to recognise that fact too : the new Unix Reseller Show , set for May 4 to 6 in Dallas , is blatantly promoting itself with the slogan ‘ How To Make Money With Unix ’ ; if that does n't bring the punters piling in , nothing will . |
| 10 | The new Unix Reseller Show , set for May 4–6 in Dallas , is blatantly promoting itself with the slogan ‘ How To Make Money With Unix . ’ |
| 11 | He must get it right today , however , if he is not to land himself with the label of being one of the best horses never to win a Gold Cup . |
| 12 | However , Visionware is also priming itself for the opening of its US office in California on July 1 . |
| 13 | The X 's silently detach themselves from the numbers on either side and become multiplication signs . |
| 14 | Central administration has been continually adapting itself to the new demands made upon it by the creation of services . |
| 15 | In adopting this chic mode of expression , the nouveau riche was effectively distinguishing itself from the traditional middle classes while at the same time flaunting the fact that it had connoisseurship and taste . |
| 16 | I was just to present myself at the right time on the due date , when he would honour his promise to see me . |
| 17 | ‘ The truth is I knew throughout the summer that my game was not as sharp and I was not enjoying myself on the course as I did in 1991 . |
| 18 | Confounded by this reply , Oscar looked across at the other man to see that he was n't looking at the stars at all , but was still busying himself with the body . |
| 19 | The Bulgarian succession problem , indeed , was gradually settling itself under the noses of the mighty opposites , because each day made joint action on Bulgaria less likely . |
| 20 | It was an example that , in rather different circumstances , was later to commend itself to the Capetians . |
| 21 | He turned : Suki , who had been shopping , was now letting herself into the apartment , not without difficulty . |
| 22 | A remarkably similar dilemma was now presenting itself over the hand-overs of the Yugoslavs . |
| 23 | This group , as well as the anti-nuclear movement itself , was strongly influenced by members of Revolutionary Struggle , an extreme left-wing group which mixed neo-Marxist economic analysis with traditional republican ideology and was strongly influenced itself by the revolutionary movement in Italy and , to a lesser extent , France , at the time . |
| 24 | ‘ Maybe I was n't disgracing myself on the park , but I was cheating the Sheffield fans and manager Jimmy Sirrell . |
| 25 | So did my father , he was n't to bother himself with the day-to-day things like washing sheets or buying food , that was her job , she made it plain . |
| 26 | When he was satisfied no fresh threat was about to manifest itself from the darkness , he moved off back the way he had come , retracing his steps until he reached the shallow stream he had leapt a short time before . |
| 27 | Splashing through the dark flood , I was again throwing myself at the door when a key turned in its great lock and it opened . |
| 28 | She was definitely distancing herself from the older woman . |