Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pn reflx] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those who wish to escape the hustle and bustle and lose themselves in the peaceful Nottinghamshire countryside , the working farms of the Nottinghamshire Farm Tourism Group offer a taste of the rural tradition . |
| 2 | The vampiros , which have wingspans of more than three feet , swoop into their thatch huts late at night and attach themselves to the sleeping miners ' heads , necks and feet . |
| 3 | ‘ I would like to spend one year here , continue my studies and test myself against the best British players . ’ |
| 4 | Simon had put Ben onto his lead so that he did n't run back down to the beach and cut himself on the rusty barbed wire . |
| 5 | In fact , she thought , as she made her way through a section of the shop-floor and let herself into the occupational health centre , she did n't even know his name . |
| 6 | Many other organisations are envious of all the In-Service training we provide , so do your best to support it and enjoy yourself at the same time ! |
| 7 | I hope to show ways you can help heal our environment and enjoy yourself at the same time , regardless of your earning capacity , age , sex , sexual orientation , race , political ideology , whether you 're an individual , couple , group , family and whether you 're country-folk or a city-slicker . |
| 8 | As a child the continuous moves had taught Eva to leave behind the place they had been and give herself to the new . |
| 9 | Six was brought up in the family business but declining trade prompted him to retire early and devote himself to the wide range of interests typical of an eighteenth-century intellectual , although there is no evidence that he ever received any formal training . |
| 10 | Amid the unspeakable sufferings , however , there are epic tales of courage and heroism ; of those who voluntarily followed their banished loved ones into the unknown ; of enlightened , cultivated exiles who chose to remain after their sentences were complete and devote themselves to the scientific , artistic and educational development of the region . |
| 11 | Miss Honey said to the class , ‘ I think you 'd all better go out to the playground and amuse yourselves until the next lesson . ’ |
| 12 | And so they depart — on board ship — ( The two SPIES position themselves on either side of the PLAYER , and the three of them sway gently in unison , the motion of a boat ; and then the PLAYER detaches himself. ) — and they arrive — ( One SPY shades his eyes at the horizon. ) — and disembark — and present themselves before the English king- ( He wheels round . ) |
| 13 | Patients may only record negative urine testing results in the preprandial state and starve themselves before the diabetic clinic . |
| 14 | We rededicate and commit ourselves to the highest standards in communication as we endeavour to work for a more just , viable and sustainable society now , and in the future . |
| 15 | I have to know everything and fling myself into the 3rd century . |
| 16 | To disobey one 's father in traditional China would violate the filial piety integral to the whole system of mores and be seen as a threat by all ; on the other hand when the young of such a society begin to question the code and assert themselves against the old , they see a disobedience as a blow struck for all of them . |
| 17 | Once the momentum of marketing is established the ideas and actions become almost self-generating and weave themselves through the normal contacts and business of the day . |
| 18 | Sooner or later , he would have to flesh out his identity and define himself to the French people , by stating his views on difficult and often divisive issues . |
| 19 | Prussia 's attempt in 1850 to capitalize on Austrian weakness and turn herself into the pre-eminent power in Germany came to nothing when the Austrians made plain that they had recovered their nerve and were prepared to go to war on the matter . |
| 20 | While the films made at the beginning of the war appealed for people to forget selfish desires and apply themselves to the common good , to put aside class divisions in order to confront an enemy that threatened everyone equally , the Gainsborough films addressed themselves to the frustrations and the pain that came after continuous self-sacrifice . |
| 21 | In more than one crunch game when the pressure was off and the ball was in the opposition 's half , Frank would climb on to the bar and endear himself to the Celtic faithful by pretending to sleep on the woodwork . |
| 22 | Some of the most highly motivated individuals ( in a career sense ) begin life at the top of the working class and energize themselves into the middle classes . |
| 23 | And kill them , you say , and help ourselves to the great burrow ? |
| 24 | The subscription is quoted at £3 3s. 0d. for Gentlemen and £2 2s. 0d. for Ladies and urges those wanting to join ‘ to do so at once and avail themselves of the present low subscription free of entrance fee ’ . |
| 25 | Then , perhaps , people could say that they were Russian without embarrassment , and concern themselves with the ecological and other needs of their own republic . |
| 26 | ( 1981 , p. 8 ) , however , deny the need to specify a theory of conditioning and concern themselves with the empirical implications of the view that changes in attention will be governed by the known laws of classical conditioning . |
| 27 | Rise above the landscape , and experience yourself as the whole sky — with clouds drifting inconsequentially through your vastness . |
| 28 | I 've made lots of forties and fifties but not the big hundreds that get you noticed , ’ strangely adding , ‘ I want to improve my fielding and establish myself in the one-day game . ’ |