Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before we leave Glamorgan , a word of congratulation to Stephen James , who has been opening in place of Butcher and compiling runs with the kind of technique that reveals how earnestly he is trying to establish himself this summer . |
| 2 | So and so 's , so and so 's lame , and so and so 's got a big leg so and so caught hiself this morning , had an overreach . |
| 3 | I should have discharged myself this morning . ’ |
| 4 | I tried myself this morning , in case you were fit enough to go home , but still no answer . ’ |
| 5 | No one should be asking them ‘ True or false ? ’ : they fool themselves this way , so they can easily fool us . |
| 6 | so we 'll er just erm behave yourselves this evening ! |
| 7 | Lewis asked himself this question as he went down in the lift and crossed the arrivals hall of Terminal Two to await the exodus from Customs . |
| 8 | Thank you , so we 've obviously got to behave ourselves this morning , and act in a proper manner . |
| 9 | MONTSERRAT , the tiny Caribbean island that once boasted one bank for every 40 inhabitants , is bracing itself this Easter for a spate of arrests following a three-year fraud and corruption investigation by Scotland Yard . |
| 10 | ‘ Pamper yourself ’ cried another , ‘ Give yourself this Christmas gift — now ! ’ |
| 11 | All this while helping your family and friends enjoy themselves this year . |
| 12 | A psychoanalyst would perhaps say that we learn to deny ourselves this satisfaction in favour of more sublimated pleasures . |
| 13 | IF Gidon Saks has been in the last year the bovver boy of Scottish Opera , singing splendidly but speaking out of turn , he has surely redeemed himself this week directing the RSAMD Opera Class in two productions at the New Athenaeum . |
| 14 | I 'm very sorry to have to tell you this — but Mrs Kemp tried to kill herself this afternoon . ’ |
| 15 | Shivering the night away in the reeking darkness of the tunnels , he had asked himself this question more than once . |
| 16 | I have asked myself this question a thousand times , a hundred thousand times . |
| 17 | Finally ask yourself this question : Who will be offended if they do n't receive a copy of my report ? |
| 18 | So before you 're about to criticise the Spectrum , ask yourself this question : if I did n't have a computer and I was trying to look for one and I only had enough money for the Spectrum , what would I do ? |
| 19 | I only wanted to tell you first so you could save yourself this sort of scene in front of them . |
| 20 | Again limit yourself this time to the six ( more or less if necessary ) most important reasons or pieces of evidence which support your suggested answer . |
| 21 | I , I really jiggered myself this morning and I was only out about half an hour , you know , and I used to be able to do a full day ! |
| 22 | I will therefore restrict myself this morning to highlighting a few of the issues that will be covered in more detail in that report . |
| 23 | As he lay beside her later , exalted and still alive , he thought of how he had previously denied himself this ecstasy . |
| 24 | The same has happened at the Department of the Environment : Christopher Patten has conducted himself this week as the antithesis of an ideologue . |
| 25 | FOOTBALL shares are about as safe as betting that Gazza wo n't injure himself this season . |
| 26 | The Russian , who has confirmed herself this year as one of the world 's greatest athletes by setting four world records , is said to have tested positive at a meeting in Lievin , France , last month after equalling her 60 metres hurdles world record . |
| 27 | So treat yourself this winter : take a golf break on the Continent . |
| 28 | Treat yourself this Christmas to the Complete Care for Hands & Nails kit from Cutex . |
| 29 | You can simply ask yourself this question , sit quietly with pen and paper at hand , and expect the answers to come to you . |