Example sentences of "of [noun] be [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | At the top of the stairs , somewhere beyond a short , misty journey , Jeopardy led Lucien into a room where a handful of musicians were preparing themselves for the coming performance . |
2 | This animal 's reaction to certain sequences of notes was to throw itself into uncontrollable convulsions . |
3 | However , an increasing number of countries are committing themselves to the goal of immunising 80% of their children by 1990 under the World Health Organization 's Extended Programme on Immunisation ( EPI ) . |
4 | At this momentous hour His Excellency the Governor of Burma is to dedicate himself to Almighty God for the task with which he has been entrusted . |
5 | Ironically , my immediate reaction to the outbreak of war was to fling myself in my imagination into the Royal Ascot of all demos , Vietnam . |
6 | This seems , this seems a worthwhile thing to do to me , Chairman , this may reflect that , this position that we are in the business cycle that er , you know , with a slightly optimistic outlook , a lot of firms are seeing themselves in a position to expand and , and need this to help them do so . |
7 | Another innovation of lenses is seeing yourself without the cover of glasses from a three foot distance for your first time since puberty . |
8 | Another innovation of lenses is seeing yourself without the cover of glasses from a three-foot distance for the first time since puberty . |
9 | It is said that the men of Israel are to prepare themselves for three days for this awesome disclosure of God by not going near a woman ( Exod. |
10 | THE Friends of Thatcherism are working themselves into a fine old lather about the interview given by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the magazine Director . |
11 | The only way he could escape from the harsh realities of life was to lose himself in books , allowing his imagination to take over , seeing himself as the characters he read about . |
12 | When the Secretary of State was enjoying himself for about 10 minutes claiming that a large number of us supported CND , he offered some rays of hope and sunshine that I had not seen for some months . |
13 | The function of underwriters was to commit themselves before the issue to buy the bonds at a set minimum price , if they could not be sold by the managing group at a price above this minimum . |
14 | The subjective conviction of heightened awareness is so treacherous that to exempt it from the critical tests of reason is to put oneself at the mercy of chance . |
15 | Or , if the Prince of Wales was to remove himself from the line of succession , that would be a grave matter . |
16 | This is the question an increasing number of consumers are asking themselves in the financially straitened Nineties . |