Example sentences of "not [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Death is always a failure in hospital , and the business and routine of life in the medical and surgical wards do not lend themselves to a personal death ( Sudnow 1967 ) . |
| 2 | You never miss an issue with our brilliant 15-for-12 subscription offer , so why not treat yourself to a specially-priced binder to keep them in , too ? |
| 3 | Ludens was a historian , but certainly did not regard himself as a Jewish historian . |
| 4 | Hamad Hasan did not describe himself as a free Zuwayi , but his ventures into gardening and trade , and his use of his agricultural knowledge and skills , were characteristic activities of free men . |
| 5 | ( I should point out that I could not bring myself to a Japanese option ! ) |
| 6 | ‘ Absolutely , ’ she said with feeling , dispelling a pang of guilt with the observation that she was certainly not presenting herself in a flattering light . |
| 7 | Scotland 's record-breaking captain does not see himself as a future Scottish Rugby Union president . |
| 8 | He could well have been called a victim , and his book consigns itself , as Fraser 's does , to that large literature in which the sufferings of victims are recounted : but he does not see himself as a romantic orphan . |
| 9 | Ellen was emphatic : — I could not take myself to a Foreign Land as you did Lily and never wanted such a thing and though you would be there that alone would in no way satisfy me and I should be afraid . |
| 10 | Of course , he did say that not committing ourselves to a single currency was the point of agreement that ’ all sensible people ’ would have . |
| 11 | All the world knows that the Mohammedans , following the example of their master , Mohammed , are very licentious ; wherefore the men among them do not content themselves with a few wives , but seek every method of gratifying themselves in this particular . |
| 12 | Although Halliday does not commit himself to a functional definition of literary language , he does recognize that different kinds of literary writing may foreground different functions . |
| 13 | It was not to pass examinations and qualify for better wages , not to raise themselves into a higher social class — though these are respectable ambitions and no doubt many of those early students felt them — but to get at knowledge for its own sake because without it their existence would be less worth to them , that the working classes demanded education and got it . |
| 14 | If you are sure she wants to see you and you feel that you should go , your only hope of making the visit a success is not to drag yourself with a reluctant sense of duty to her front door , groaning inwardly at the thought of it . |
| 15 | Mind you , it is rather surprising that McDonald , a top session man turned star performer , has not established himself as a big noise in Europe . |
| 16 | Mr Hardcastle : ‘ But they do n't regard themselves as a sectarian group either ? ’ |
| 17 | I think that wedding anniversaries make very suitable subjects for pressed flower pictures , and there ca n't be many that do n't lend themselves to a suitable picture . |
| 18 | They do n't limit themselves to a single aspect as you do , Luke . ’ |
| 19 | Since nuclear power stations are no longer the easiest route to nuclear weapons , I do n't see myself as a double-headed monster . |
| 20 | The second job of the day is to light the stove , a monument in itself , taking up a quarter of the thatched hut with its various extensions — a sill ( pod ) with an area for keeping dishes warm ( chestok ) , niches ( pechurki ) for small objects and matches , holes on the side for drying out leg and foot wrappings ( for lack of shoes ) , holes near the summit for reviving chilled hens in winter , and on the triumphal summit worn clothing on which to stretch out and sleep in the delicious warmth — ‘ U hholodnoi pechi ne sogreesh'sia ’ ( ‘ You ca n't heat yourself at a cold stove ’ ) . |