Example sentences of "[adj] [pn reflx] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burun uncoiled himself in a single elastic stretch of his torso , and he stood up . |
| 2 | He had made Huddersfield a great club , and in so doing established himself as a unique figure , the first of the modern soccer managers . |
| 3 | More or less fancied herself as a fox , the largest predator in the British Isles , beautiful pelt , amber eyes , full and gorgeous tail ; a stink to drive away the timid . |
| 4 | Emma will be able to tell you all about that herself with a little help from her owner if you ring her on . |
| 5 | To date the QAU has not concerned itself as a unit with the issue of school internal/self evaluation . |
| 6 | She devised the decorations at Middle Temple following a design used by Elizabeth I herself for a party at Whitehall which is described in detail in the State Papers . |
| 7 | But he also likes this method because it appears that the famine is caused by the Irish themselves as a result of their lack of husbandry ( which confirms their savagery ) and , thus , appears a natural reward of their refusal to accept the civility of English rule . |
| 8 | 1821 " This Meeting having given due consideration to various kinds of theft committed in the Island — Resolve to stent themselves in a sum ( £20 ) … for the purpose of detecting and prosecuting such persons as may be found guilty of theft . " |
| 9 | FOR many years the House of Commons regarded itself as a closed society whose proceedings were private except to the extent that the House itself decided to report them . |