Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cause of British nurses and nursing itself in the 1980s has been championed most consistently by Trevor Clay . |
| 2 | LUKE SAT ON AN expo love-seat in Club World at Heathrow , drinking Volvic and availing himself of a complimentary fax machine — clearing up the initial paperwork with Mike on the poem . |
| 3 | The Report of the Data Protection Committee was published late in 1978 , a bad time for political initiatives : within a few months the new Conservative Government was in office and contenting itself with a fresh and laborious round of further consultations — there seemed little likelihood of anything being done until , in 1981 , the Council of Europe , as part of its concern with human rights , opened its ‘ Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Data Processing ’ for signature by States which had appropriate legislation enacted . |
| 4 | Whenever you go to a new site , start your search by burying a couple of coins and reminding yourself of the different note each one makes in your headphones . |
| 5 | It 's great to see those guys out here , giving pleasure and enjoying themselves at the same time . |
| 6 | She had to seduce Jim by whipping off a false beard disguise and transforming herself into an exotic belly-dancer . |
| 7 | As a teenager he signed for Rangers , winning a League Cup Winner 's medal at 17 , and establishing himself as a prominent newcomer in the Scotland Youth Team . |
| 8 | Eventually Don grappled with the critical section , and with a quick windmill of arms and legs was up and establishing himself on the next stance . |
| 9 | Water , the original substance which God created when he made the world , represents change , and immersing oneself in a natural body of water is the only way of changing one 's spiritual identity . |
| 10 | A new grouping , the Boere Weerstandsbeweging ( BWB — a splinter group of the AWB formed on June 11 and describing itself as the armed wing of the BP ) , pledged solidarity with the BP in its aim of re-establishing former Boer republics . |
| 11 | Whatever course you adopt , you must avoid overstocking the land and overcommitting yourself in the early stages . |
| 12 | It has been an almost Darwinian process , of course , with those failing to shrug off the stereotype simply going out of business and removing themselves from the genetic pool . |
| 13 | For the health visitors , being professional meant having a particular orientation to the job and displaying oneself as a particular kind of person . |
| 14 | The Local authority was engaged in setting up an Induction Centre , where newcomers could concentrate on learning the language and accustoming themselves to a new climate and new culture . |
| 15 | ‘ Come in , ’ he called in a low voice , expecting Clare , and steeling himself for a long and exhausting reconciliation . |
| 16 | But in the short and euphoric interval , even Mr Mann has softened his approach , indicating that he was now prepared to accept the constitution of India , and distancing himself from the latest demands by the ultra-belligerent Sikh student movement for an alternative government . |
| 17 | But in the short and euphoric interval , even Mr Mann has softened his approach , indicating that he was now prepared to accept the constitution of India , and distancing himself from the latest demands by the ultra-belligerent Sikh student movement for an alternative government . |
| 18 | By resorting to guns , even toy ones , are the Lithuanians forfeiting the rights of democrats and putting themselves on the same level as the Soviet troops ? |
| 19 | And finding himself in the musical cauldron that was Minneapolis at the turn of the '80s must have helped … |
| 20 | On talking with her son Michael — ‘ Talking with Michael is like going down a water chute and finding yourself in the same swimming pool , very much at the deep end . ’ |
| 21 | Despite the increase of unbelief , beginning well before the Origin of Species and showing itself in a whole new genre of novels of religious doubt starting with J. A. Froude 's Nemesis of Faith ( 1849 ) , the late Victorian period saw the enormous expansion of the missionary enterprise and of church building . |
| 22 | That role will depend , in part , on Europe continuing to overcome problems of disunity and conflict , and constituting itself as a unified and forward-looking community . |
| 23 | THat role will depend , in part , on Europe continuing to overcome problems of disunity and conflict , and constituting itself as a unified and forward-looking community . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm pleading with you and mocking myself at the same time : how can you bear to resist ? ’ |
| 25 | He could not recall lurching like a drunk across the small room and throwing himself in a gibbering heap upon the bed . |
| 26 | You think going out and killing oneself for a few shillings is normal to a Masai ? |
| 27 | Peregrine , however , was there lying back in his chair and offering himself to the hot sun in rather a shameless way . |
| 28 | The girl in the conservatory reached out a hand and flicked the switch , lighting them the last few yards , and floodlighting herself at the same time . |