Example sentences of "[prep] [pn reflx] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of keeping the money for ourselves we will re-invest it on your behalf in your endowment plan . |
| 2 | It is inevitable and right that if we are to make God real for ourselves we must , to a considerable degree , speak of Him in human terms , which is what the Bible does when it speaks of Him as repenting , changing His mind , being provoked or made angry or sorrowful . |
| 3 | If we wish to reclaim responsibility for ourselves we must aim for self-sufficiency because only then can we have control over our lives . |
| 4 | Someone said there were things about himself he would n't like his wife to know , we all laughed and went off happy . |
| 5 | ( a ) Where there has been oppressive , arbitrary or unconstitutional action by the servants of the government , or ( b ) Where the defendant 's conduct has been calculated by him to make a profit for himself which might exceed the compensation otherwise payable . |
| 6 | Lee decided that this guy would caddie one day and me the next , and he would assess for himself who would carry his bag . |
| 7 | For himself he will take a handful of the pencils they always leave out for you … |
| 8 | Generally the offence is straightforward as outlined but if an unlicensed pillion passenger on a motor bicycle persuaded the rider to take off his ‘ L ’ plates or the passenger took them off himself he would aid and abet the rider 's offence of no ‘ L ’ plates . |
| 9 | We 're nothing , of ourselves we might have thought we had but it was of no value whatsoever , but he took us , he says , now you 're something because you belong to me . |
| 10 | We hedge about , sensing how close we can get to someone , and how much of ourselves we can risk revealing . |
| 11 | We see our own dissatisfactions , our own pointless , unfocused longings in her and we are forced , because we are shown the terrible thing that happens to her , to question aspects of ourselves which might otherwise remain unexamined . |
| 12 | To a point that is true , but often that effort results in an over-exertion of ourselves which can leave us fatigued and exhausted . |
| 13 | And so he represses the part of himself which used to cry for the moon . |
| 14 | He played that aspect of himself which could well have been in a war — after all he had trained long enough for it — and the result was the sort of performance he was to deliver several times in his film career and none the worse for that : professional , convincing . |
| 15 | There 's a very nasty atmosphere in this Lab recently , and if a certain gentlemen does n't take a hold of himself there 'll be a mischief done , you mark my words . " |
| 16 | Mark my words , I said , if Dr. Lorrimer does n't take a hold of himself there 'll be murder done in this Lab . |
| 17 | He never pretended to feelings he did n't have and if he thought she 'd made a fool of herself he 'd say so , but never to do her down , never to boost himself at her expense . |
| 18 | Of course the reverse may be true in some cases — but at least you are now aware of which areas of yourself you might wish to change in order for your Outer Face to conform with your Inner one . |
| 19 | We add that this agenda is no less important in the context of the National Curriculum and mandatory assessment : although these seek to raise expectations and improve standards , of themselves they will achieve little unless professional attitudes , knowledge and skill are also attended to . |
| 20 | Provided that all solicitors were competent and willing to make this judgement of themselves it would appear that the scheme had finally settled on a principle which would successfully serve the potential criminal client . |
| 21 | If I did not trust and live his fantasy image of myself I could no longer reach out to distorted splinters and did not know where to begin to look for myself . |
| 22 | The anxiety created by the boredom of being locked all night and most of the day in a stable or very small yard with little to look at , forces the horse to create some activity for itself which will help relieve the boredom . |
| 23 | There may only be a small number of laws , which are self-consistent and which lead to complicated beings like ourselves who can ask the question : What is the nature of God ? |
| 24 | Eve realised that there were thousands like herself who would never get there . |
| 25 | What that means in your particular groups you will nominate amongst yourselves who will be the fourth role play . |
| 26 | So each of the groups four role plays amongst yourselves who will do er the extra role play . |
| 27 | Khrushchev , however , showed that he had learned the nuclear facts of life in a speech in July 1958 : ‘ If other countries fight amongst themselves they can be separated . |
| 28 | There are those who practise ritual cannibalism and those like yourself who wo n't eat pheasants . ’ |
| 29 | If there was anything she could n't cope with herself she would ask Mossy Rooney , a man of such silence and discretion that he found it hard to reveal his own name in case it might incriminate someone . |
| 30 | If farmers are frank with themselves they will also recognize that paternalism is cheap . |