Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [vb -s] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or the person who 's trying not to drink so much and beats themself up when they slip back and get drunk ! |
| 2 | She takes a left turn at random and finds herself in an area of derelict buildings , burned out and boarded up , the site , she realizes , of the previous year 's rioting . |
| 3 | Thus the subordinate finishes up feeling good and gives himself a stroke , the manager loses and collects a discount for his pains . |
| 4 | So , the natural ability goes beyond the physical and manifests itself mentally when players are in the process of play . |
| 5 | She recognizes the fact that she loves both Paul and Bernard , but transposes this love onto the plane of the sacred and finds herself released from sexual desire . |
| 6 | This eclectic mixture soon wins him a following amongst the rest of the neighbourhood 's equally disturbed teenagers but when one of them takes his exhortations to action a little too far and kills himself , the authorities move in . |
| 7 | ‘ We must tread carefully , because my postbag suggests that allegations of rape can arise from previously non-sexual relationships , where the man goes too far and persuades himself in the passion of a moment that ‘ No ’ means ‘ Yes ’ . |
| 8 | Their baby Charlie was born in 1989 and has himself been one of the show 's stars . |
| 9 | She heads an executive committee of about 20 and has herself instigated the Westminster meeting , which she describes as ‘ my baby ’ . |