Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reserve , the indifference and the blasé outlook which urbanites manifest in their relationships may thus be regarded as devices for immunizing themselves against the personal claims and expectations of others . |
| 2 | Christians , especially , should be cautious about allowing themselves to be influenced by people who do not have the same life goals . |
| 3 | The remaining two men received sentences of nine months ( suspended for two years ) for allowing themselves to be carried in a stolen vehicle . |
| 4 | Meanwhile the other lawyer was growing impatient with Bartocci for allowing himself to be imposed upon in this way by his pushy and unscrupulous colleague instead of attending to his utterly reasonable request for bail or a visitor 's pass or access to official files . |
| 5 | KIM WILDE : For allowing herself to be subjected to year after year of pathetic changes of image which only serve to make her look uncomfortable , especially the latest one , with the expensive Marilyn Monroe dress , loads of cleavage and sub-Belinda Carlisle rock balladeering . |
| 6 | Annoyed at herself for allowing herself to be suckered into that , Paige said nothing . |
| 7 | The great appeal of methylation as a means of shutting genes off is that it has a known mechanism for perpetuating itself during cell division and thus ensuring its own inheritance . |
| 8 | It will achieve this not through seeing itself as a piece of concrete , proprietary estate , as an end in itself ; rather it is a moving organisation for progress , existing for its future not its present , and achieving its future , and so fulfilling its raison d'etre , in aspiration for , and achievement of , improvement . |
| 9 | This kind of argument reads well in Callinicos ' hands , but it is worth reminding ourselves of the unattractive reality to which it bears witness . |
| 10 | For days he 'd been in the blackest of moods , furious with her for wasting herself on a man old enough to be her father , and even more furious with himself for not having taken her forcefully after that Christmas evening when he 'd known her feelings were as inflamed as his own . |
| 11 | It is not worth driving yourself to the major airports in the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | Here we 're talking about basing yourself for three weeks on that same golf course . |
| 13 | To explain the-timidity of these people , we need look no further than the example of Arthur Jensen , who , after devoting himself to the study of educationally significant individual differences , is declared by the press to be an advocate of segregated schooling for ‘ poor and black children ’ . |
| 14 | AFTER seeing herself in a video , , receptionist at South East regional office at Burston , decided it was time to lose weight . |
| 15 | The first Vietnamese boat person to commit suicide in Hong Kong died in hospital on Feb. 18 , two days after hanging himself with his belt and four days after he had officially been refused refugee status . |
| 16 | Tracey Cole , 18 , was found in her room at Oxford 's Lady Margaret Hall , after hanging herself with a dressing gown cord . |
| 17 | After protecting herself during her travelling years by dressing like a boy , she is temporarily hanging up her hat and exploring her sensual , feminine side . |
| 18 | After satisfying herself to that end , she rose presently to give them a chance to be together , and to allow Bishop Jon to awaken without embarrassment . |
| 19 | His flesh was red and raw , but even after wounding himself like that , which must have been pretty painful , he did n't stop . |
| 20 | ‘ There 's no such thing as a meaningless gesture , ’ he said , after emptying himself of that thought . |
| 21 | " It is unlawful for any foreigner to enter the enclosure of the temple which is forbidden to the Jews , except to those of them who are accustomed to enter after purifying themselves in accordance with the law of the country . |
| 22 | After establishing myself in the team I have only been dropped once , that was by John Duncan and I deserved it . ’ |
| 23 | Redknapp , son of West Ham assistant boss Harry , has forced his way on to the England scene after establishing himself in the Liverpool side this season . |
| 24 | They were arrested after chaining themselves to cranes which were loading logs on to barges in the port of Kuala Baram . |
| 25 | Jamie Hill , prosecuting , said Sigsworth had been admitted as a voluntary patient to St Luke 's Hospital in Middlesbrough after presenting himself at North Ormesby police station . |
| 26 | CHESTER 'S former town crier was continuing his recovery in hospital yesterday after turning himself into a human fireball last week . |
| 27 | So I skulked round the pub , had a burger and a pint and after embarrasing myself by asking two likely candidates if they were Mark , I shot off . |
| 28 | After feeding themselves with rumours of Napoleon 's defeat , Andalusia and Valencia made no attempt to resist the French . |
| 29 | Afterwards Leconte , who only resumed training a week ago after injuring himself in the Paris Open , admitted he was surprised at the way Ferreira had fallen to pieces . |
| 30 | Its real mother will have to be put down after injuring herself during the birth , and the owners fear this could leave the young Arabian horse without the vital care it needs . |