Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 Suffering pensioner hanged herself
2 ‘ That 's the one , me boy , and it has this morning presented itself in four mess-tins .
3 Unlike their daughter , Meg could understand why , after retirement , they had used all their savings to buy the rectory and had in old age burdened themselves with a mortgage .
4 An old nurse hanged herself in one of the barns .
5 Very seldom in the history of French sport has a national team found itself under an almost moral obligation to win ’ , said the same editorial .
6 We also need to know why some biologists who were suspicious of natural selection called themselves ‘ Darwinians ’ — and why others were so determined to develop alternative theories .
7 The Provisional Government committed itself to recognizing the right of national self-determination and , in place of the old Tsarist governors , installed in the minority areas governing committees of local dignitaries and deputies of the relevant nationality to the national parliament , the Duma .
8 The Provisional Government committed itself to a wide range of reforms .
9 One man identified himself as a jobbing builder and chatted to the woman , who was in her seventies , while another searched the house in Brougham Street , Darlington , on Tuesday .
10 That small problem solved itself readily : one door stood open with Bruce Davidson leaning on the side in a careful presentation of a man who had just happened to be passing .
11 A TRAGIC pensioner hanged herself because she could no longer cope with the pain of her illness , an inquest heard yesterday .
12 His own group called itself the Free Conservatives , set up an office to rival that of the official party , and supplied money and professional assistance to rebels at by-elections .
13 The Somali tribes , with whom he had identified himself , might well have rallied to his cause had he in this decisive hour shown himself a leader .
14 The financial sector prepared itself for full deregulation and open competition with foreign institutions .
15 A young man placed himself between the shafts of the trap and prepared to pull his passengers round the village , but not before the publican had been fined a barrel of beer for speaking at the same time as the ‘ Lord Mayor ’ .
16 A YOUNG man hanged himself after a row with his girlfriend , an inquest heard yesterday .
17 Blue raincoat buried himself into an article headlined ‘ Bliz Boffs Borscht Biz ’ and chewed on a toothpick .
18 Exalted patriotism attached itself to victory over the United States in 1898 , to conquest in Morocco , even to the success of Peral 's submarine .
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