Example sentences of "not [verb] [pn reflx] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For that reason , the Territorial Army does not consider itself in any way a second-class alternative . |
| 2 | I was now certain that I could not see myself in any type of residential home in the future . |
| 3 | But when she learned that their questions had arisen through their wonderings about Brown Owl and Mr. Gordon she told them sharply not to busy themselves in Brown Owl 's private affairs . |
| 4 | I wondered what it was that could come between a husband and wife when their child killed herself away from home and in circumstances for which they could not hold themselves in any way responsible . |
| 5 | Opposition also began to mount among concerned citizens of the area , an opposition which manifested itself both individually and through the Ringaskiddy Residents ' Association , formed two years previously , which had not involved itself in any controversy over previous planning applications for industrial projects in the area . |
| 6 | ‘ Molly , I am not humiliating myself in this manner . ’ |
| 7 | It is a friendly act of mutual benefit to the two animals involved , since they can not groom themselves in this region . |
| 8 | In families that did not indulge themselves in this way a healthier climate prevailed ; children do not seem to have been unduly obsessed with death . |
| 9 | We 're not putting ourselves in that position — all we 're doing is selling music . ’ |
| 10 | Around the same time , I entered this competition — it was a kind of beauty competition , although it did n't describe itself in that way . |
| 11 | When I thought about it clearly I could n't see myself in that role . ’ |
| 12 | It 's his 'eart , you know , miss , so he should n't strain himself in any way . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , she could n't imagine herself in any form of intimacy with her employer , much as she liked him . |