Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every society needs its flawed heroes , and we appear to have saddled ourselves with rock singers and movie stars . |
| 2 | BOOKMAKERS , whose intelligence service makes MI5 look like a bunch of amateur sleuths , for once appear to have led themselves rather than punters up the garden path over the well-being of Travelling Light , the favourite for next Saturday 's Cesarewitch Handicap at Newmarket . |
| 3 | A law which came into force on March 1 required all yakuza groups to register themselves with the local authorities as criminal organizations , so that they could be better supervised ; in practice , most were reported to have re-formed themselves as limited companies instead . |
| 4 | Only the Japanese — at 8,000 the largest single contingent in the initial force — were reported to have conducted themselves in an honourable fashion . |
| 5 | He is reported to have invited himself to lunch with the Mayor of Bodmin , but firstly asked his worship for a gallows to be erected for a hanging . |
| 6 | Nicholson , who is being paid a handsome £5 million , is reported to have immersed himself so completely in the part that he wanders around the set mumbling the notorious Hoffa 's favourite phrases — even after the cameras have shut down for the night . |
| 7 | She also hinted that the package may include a loosening of the benefit rules so that the long-term unemployed may take education or training courses to prepare for new jobs without being deemed to have made themselves unavailable for work . |
| 8 | Under the rules he was deemed to have disqualified himself . |
| 9 | For the purposes of 4 above the settlor shall not be deemed to have divested himself absolutely of any property if that property or any income therefrom or any property directly or indirectly representing the proceeds of or the income from that property or any income therefrom is or will , or may , become payable to or applicable for the benefit of the settlor or the wife or husband of the settlor in any circumstances whatsoever ( TA 1988 , s685(1) ) . |
| 10 | Up to now the routes I 'd been climbing had hidden themselves in gullies or grooves . |
| 11 | Unlike history , the ‘ new ’ geography would appear to have rid itself of imperialist associations . |
| 12 | The local authorities cited so far can be described as having assimilated the care programme approach , they take it into account and perceive opportunities to be gained , but they do not appear to have changed themselves in any significant way to accommodate it . |
| 13 | Just the odd word here and there , like ‘ horrendous ’ , ‘ brutal ’ , ‘ cold-blooded ’ or ‘ dangerous ’ , had filtered through the screen that seemed to have erected itself around him . |
| 14 | The extraordinary atmosphere was keeping me so sky-high that my private feelings for John seemed to have detached themselves and slipped out of reach . |
| 15 | It struck her that he seemed to have tacked himself on to the others . |
| 16 | The brick side-wall of his neighbour 's house seemed to have moved itself four or five feet further towards the dividing fence , so that it loomed offensively . |
| 17 | He was starting to appear distinctly shopworn , Lucy noted ; he seemed to have bought himself a new shirt , but a dip-through in a hotel washbasin did n't exactly make for the best possible finish . |
| 18 | Geographical concentration , having been interrupted by the decentralization of the '60s and early '70s , seemed to have reasserted itself . |
| 19 | Even Britain seemed to have transformed itself . |
| 20 | This led to a great setback for the Company ; by the early 1680s it seemed to have established itself , and paid its first dividends , at about 50 per cent a year , but it was then caught up in England 's wars against France , the bases were captured , and no regular dividends could be paid until after it had got its property back under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 . |
| 21 | That knot seemed to have established itself in her throat once more . |
| 22 | My head seemed to have emptied itself of words . |
| 23 | Rob Harland ( 18 points ) top scored for Norton again in the 58.39 home win over Belmont but they seemed to have left themselves with too much to do having lost four games already . |
| 24 | He also expressed irritation about the way Tony seemed to have let himself go in the last few months , since he had become unemployed . |
| 25 | Thankfully he seemed to have recovered himself , she noted . |
| 26 | She had n't been keeping track of the conversation , but he seemed to have pulled himself together over the past few minutes . |
| 27 | She seemed to have pulled herself together , but she did n't answer him . |
| 28 | Marguerite was already there and she too seemed to have pulled herself together because she took charge of the conversation at once . |
| 29 | Mark , too , after the slightly disquieting observations about Roman Catholic priests , seemed to have removed himself from her . |
| 30 | Pumlumon seemed to have got himself quite well into the enchantment now ; he was looking much less worried than he had looked ten minutes earlier . |