Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | We believe that men and women together must free ourselves so as to be able to construct a new form of society . |
| 2 | We 're trying , of course , to position ourselves so as to fool our competitors into delaying or cancelling their capacity increases . |
| 3 | purifying himself just as he is pure . |
| 4 | I hobbled over to collect the missing shoe and the dress detached itself a press stud at a time , disengaging itself completely as I bent — bottom to camera — to retrieve the shoe . |
| 5 | Do n't be a fool , she scolded herself silently as Michele led the way down the echoing tunnel to a fancy wrought-iron gate at the far end . |
| 6 | He likes Basingstoke and as the youngest member of the cast of 16 , he is enjoying himself immensely as Young Charlie in Little Tramp — he reckons it is the best show he 's been in . |
| 7 | He is persistently encouraged to see himself rather as the person responsible for seeing that learning happens . |
| 8 | ‘ How bad it would be , ’ Marty told himself callously as he watched him go , ‘ to have your bed and your bellyful and no worries at all ! ’ |
| 9 | Maybe that was the basic problem , she told herself wearily as she now stared blindly up at the ceiling . |
| 10 | Put your foot down , she told herself weakly as he pulled her gently towards him . |
| 11 | All she was interested in right now , she told herself firmly as she banished tantalising , dangerous thoughts concerning those strong brown hands , was his ability to keep them afloat . |
| 12 | Which was maybe a good reason why it probably would n't happen , she told herself sternly as she stuffed another olive . |
| 13 | ‘ Get a grip , Aurora , ’ she told herself sternly as she rummaged in the cupboard . |
| 14 | And , if she did n't want to be a burnt-out case , too , she 'd better try and get some sleep , Laura told herself roughly as she slipped into bed and turned off the light . |
| 15 | ‘ Stop it ! ’ she told herself scornfully as she blocked the picture out . |
| 16 | Life was going on as planned , she told herself determinedly as she walked down the street to the car rental office with her overnight bag . |
| 17 | Various groups put themselves forward as entitled to control or govern either parts or the whole of Somalia . |
| 18 | The difference is that the poststructuralists put themselves forth as heterodox prophets and turn out to be priests of convention . |
| 19 | The pursuer threw himself aside as the vehicle mounted the pavement , slamming into a lamp-post . |
| 20 | She made Fred see himself only as she described him as a man who was deliberately making his now pregnant wife unhappy . |
| 21 | He loved these allusions to river craft and the water , once describing himself approvingly as looking like a rough bargeman . |
| 22 | Then a leaking gasket on the fuel header tank showed itself graphically as fuel was blown back into Bob 's face from the filler cap in front of the windscreen . |
| 23 | I 'm being silly , it 's not important , she had told herself sternly as she had brushed her teeth before hurrying down for breakfast . |
| 24 | The philosopher Sartre believed that , in the act of love-making , the lover becomes at once subject and object — for she sees herself partly as the body desired by the lover . |
| 25 | I love and accept myself just as I am . |
| 26 | This survey shows it is possible for sufferers to help themselves effectively as our programme has proved . |
| 27 | Again , the boys , having valued themselves highly as pupils , apparently proceed to ‘ discount ’ the girls . |
| 28 | They do not only make their way through stuffed and clamoring doorways , but emerge from the unseen bowels of the pub , as though they have held themselves privately for days in the cellar , waiting with bated breath , presenting themselves only as the hour grows ripe . |
| 29 | He released himself gently as he could and stood up , half-laughing ‘ That was a very strenuous good-night kiss , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself just as he is pure , That 's that 's Colin goes on to say , because you shall be like him does not mean that you are to care little about how much of him can be seen in your life . |