Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only he could give himself more time . |
| 2 | It 's arguable that the industry has done itself more damage by its inflated claims than anything else , because they spared people like Rifkin into action . |
| 3 | He poured himself more whisky , pressing Herr Nordern to have another , too , and saying that he was leading the Norderns into bad ways but that they must forgive him as it was n't very often they saw him , ha ! ha ! and Herr Nordern , while not prepared to accept that he was led by anyone except the leaders of his country , took the whisky , thinking , what the devil , he had worked like a dog all day , and it was true , Karl would not be with them much longer and they would probably never see him again and , he had to confess , he would n't mind if he never saw him again as long as either of them lived . |
| 4 | Chatterton poured himself more bourbon , then put the bottle within my reach on the binnacle shelf . |
| 5 | The Englishman nodded and poured himself more coffee . |
| 6 | Then he continued to watch her as he poured himself more coffee . |
| 7 | The British foreign office also showed itself more forward-looking than almost any other in the adoption of the typewriter : it appointed its first typist in 1889 and had eight by 1900 . |
| 8 | ‘ Not for a bit , ’ Ash said , pouring herself more whisky . |
| 9 | She was pouring herself more coffee when he walked into the conservatory . |
| 10 | She poured herself more brandy and sat on the balcony , invisible against the dark room . |
| 11 | She poured herself more tea . |
| 12 | You know , always give yourself more time than you actually need . |
| 13 | Surprisingly , in the last decades is that literary studies , perhaps especially classical studies , which may seem to be at the other extreme of the academic spectrum from the sciences , have shown themselves more self confident in the use of computers than history has done , even though history is closer to the social sciences which have for long been acclimatized to quantification and computerization . |
| 14 | As we learn to give ourselves more time to pause before activity , we will slowly become more and more aware of the warning signals that our body gives us when it is under stress . |
| 15 | To give himself more time he asked the Bookman if he would help him with his homework . |
| 16 | Pöhl said that his decision had been made to give himself more time for his family and private interests and was prompted by " neither resignation nor frustration " . |
| 17 | He will see that a number of general practitioner practices have become fundholders , that a local NHS trust has already reduced waiting lists by 1,200 in the last year , and that a district authority is about to merge with a neighbour to give itself more clout . |
| 18 | It 's also a good idea to back off three to five per cent every second or third week to give yourself more rest and sufficient recovery . |
| 19 | The opposite applies if you feel yourself falling in backwards — pull in the back hand to give yourself more power . |
| 20 | If you have drawn an end position on the line , run down the beach a little wide to give yourself more room . |
| 21 | SPACE SUCCESS : St Simon 's School at Hazel Grove launched their ‘ Space Venture ’ to raise money to give themselves more space in the school — a new mobile classroom . |
| 22 | The assembled heads of government , under CARICOM 's new chair , Patrick Manning , the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago , agreed to reconvene on Oct. 28-30 to give themselves more time to study the wide-ranging recommendations of the West Indian Commission , created in November 1989 , which on June 18 had released a major 600-page report on the region 's future . |
| 23 | This way you 'll not only get more personality into the room but you 'll also go more slowly , giving yourself more time to think around problems . |
| 24 | But I do n't think they can go voting themselves more money whilst the rest of us have trouble in finding work . |
| 25 | Topics will include : Ways of dealing with stress , how breathing is affected by stress , making ourselves more stress resistant by self observation as a whole person , and a practical relaxation session . |
| 26 | The real Mr Barnet , of course , is Fry himself , who says he gave himself more chance of being hit by a sniper 's bullet than getting his job back . |