Example sentences of "have [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has deported himself with great dignity . |
| 2 | If danger threatens powerful muscles can snap the valves tightly shut , and once a bivalve has closed itself in this way it can be very difficult to force it open — it has ‘ clammed ’ up . |
| 3 | Not only has he exerted himself tirelessly on teh College 's behalf but he has flung himself with similar enthusiasm into fundraising for the Prince 's Trust and for the Leigh City Technology School in Kent . |
| 4 | I am rather surprised that Martin Frears has found himself in this predicament . |
| 5 | And it is apparent that Ackroyd has found himself in this manner — through exposure to Wilde , Eliot , and now Chatterton . |
| 6 | The system has found itself in dire need of a new way of legitimating itself , and this need has given rise to a variety of responses . |
| 7 | It is important to emphasise at the outset the magnitude of the task which the applicant has set himself by this appeal . |
| 8 | It is evident that Polybius has identified himself with Roman success . |
| 9 | Those who think that Jenny herself is a little dull at times might conclude that Patrick has impaled himself on that point , like one of those Romans whose language he used to teach . |
| 10 | The reigning world champion , who turned his back on Formula One after he was outmanoeuvred by Alain Prost last season , has established himself as runaway favourite to win the Indycar championship . |
| 11 | Former marketing and promotions assistant to the now defunct David Messum Gallery , Michael Roosen has launched himself with considerable energy into the business of ‘ Healing , Personal Development , and Stress Management as well as Visual Arts promotion ’ . |
| 12 | If Guy had only exchanged contracts last week , he 'd organised himself with impressive speed . |
| 13 | He 'd got himself into enough trouble already by doing too much of that . |
| 14 | With a sinking feeling she knew what he meant — he had no intention of telling his brother how he 'd got himself into this situation . |
| 15 | In fact later on during the flight , when I 'd unravelled myself from this guy and was playing poker with some French people , I asked God to give me the sign then , in the hand I was about to get . |
| 16 | In this respect orthodox medicine may have placed itself at some disadvantage to its complementary counterparts . |
| 17 | Otherwise ( the point is surely an obvious one ) he would have limited himself to verbal argument . |
| 18 | Having committed himself by revealing defence secrets , such freedom of speech seemed a trivial matter . |
| 19 | They could have discharged themselves at any time , but they were destitute and the best was done for them that was possible in the circumstances . |
| 20 | His defence lawyer says the case is unique in French law in that the court accepted Kim might have stabbed herself in this way . |
| 21 | Having disciplined , explored and contained my own metaphysical anguish , having put down my own last worthy appetites , having separated myself by conscious decision from the filth and decadence of modern society , it is inevitable that my own hard-won sense of propriety or dignity should tempt me into being the scourge of other , more self-indulgent beings , fictional or not . |
| 22 | If war broke out , would I come to regret having buried myself in some backwater while history passed me by ? |
| 23 | And he 'd probably have to resign himself to that situation until he returned to Winchester . |
| 24 | They all knew that Freddie had , as usual , ended yet another affair , but they reckoned that Liza could have consoled herself with any number of more suitable admirers . |
| 25 | If Jane Leeson had been a woman to examine her motives she would have absolved herself from any accusation of spite . |
| 26 | I should n't ever have got myself into that position but it 's a wonderful feeling when you get yourself out of it . |
| 27 | Her hands were actually shaking and she would not have believed she could have got herself into this sort of state so quickly . |
| 28 | Had that proposal been acted on , McKusick , CSRG senior programmer and past president of Usenix , would have found himself in another conflict of interests since he is believed to be a secret a director of BSDI . |
| 29 | In the wake of Simeon 's revolt , the adherents of the old Nazarean hierarchy would have found themselves under increasing pressure from three quarters . |
| 30 | If she 'd stayed in a fit state then she would n't have found herself in this situation now . |