Example sentences of "[pron] and [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The theory behind the sections is that , if an owner of goods agrees to sell them to someone and retains title but nevertheless lets the buyer have possession , that owner must bear the consequences ( i.e. loss of title ) if the buyer then sells and delivers the goods to an innocent sub-purchaser . |
| 2 | teaching us to be temperate in ourselves and moving mankind as a whole ‘ a little nearer the perilous safety of a warless and provident world . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ For us to promise the removal of nuclear power generation within 15 years would be to delude ourselves and mislead others . ’ |
| 4 | This means that not only do we describe ourselves to ourselves and create identity constructs but we can also face the issue of whether we want to alter those constructs and become another kind of person . |
| 5 | If they turn all their power on Forteviot , we either have to do nothing or cross the river ourselves and give battle . |
| 6 | The child is unable to look beyond himself/herself and see things as the other person does . |
| 7 | Belatedly Rostov collected himself and followed suit . |
| 8 | Athelstan breathed a prayer for patience , made a sign of the cross over himself and followed suit . |
| 9 | She hoped he was n't , for he always seemed to talk about himself and kept Connie largely silent , which meant that no one else present had any amusement at all . |
| 10 | Sir Maitland , son of an Aberdeenshire tenant farmer went on to farm extensively himself and become Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire . |
| 11 | A young horse should never be hurried but allowed to enjoy himself and gain confidence . |
| 12 | A later Murdoch novel , The Sea , the Sea ( 1978 ) , explores in the same unblinking fashion an aspect of human selfhood from another angle : its ageing hero , living cheerfully for himself and cooking dishes that hardly anyone else would want to eat , suddenly rediscovers a lost love , is deranged enough to kidnap her , fails to regain her love in captivity and is forced to accept , by the end , that his old self-sufficient life is all there is or can ever be . |
| 13 | Athelstan said his prayers , the Dies Requiem for Springall , Brampton , his own brother and others , made the sign of the cross on himself and thanked God for a wholesome day . |
| 14 | But can not phone him from Twills as Mr Twill would insist on shinning up drainpipe himself and break femur . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , ’ said Peter crossly , freeing himself and seizing Laura 's luggage . |
| 16 | And , just as the conquest of Morocco had been undertaken at the turn of the century to counteract the divisive effects of " the Disaster " by giving Spaniards a new , common enterprise with which to identify , one might have expected that in 1956 Franco would resort to a military campaign to save Morocco to unite the regime forces around himself and divert attention away from domestic problems . |
| 17 | Insp Steve Clapham , of Chester Police said : ‘ He 's poured some substance on himself and set fire to it . |
| 18 | A month later he discharged himself and trudged south to London . |
| 19 | There was a hostile crowd and to save himself and prevent Sweeney from escaping , Rose hit him twice with his baton . |
| 20 | He remembered sitting at his desk in the bothy before Bicker arrived , trying to tear the story out of himself and filling pages with blizzards and killing . |
| 21 | ‘ Plasma , ’ Jaq said to himself and switched weapons . |
| 22 | His peers liked him , even , in the end , Fairbrother , who enjoyed climbing himself and appreciated Richard 's gifts . |
| 23 | He paid little attention to his cabinet , taking most decisions by himself and keeping ministers in ignorance . |
| 24 | Never mind : he taught himself and entered Brown University , Rhode Island , a Baptist foundation . |
| 25 | An enthusiast , on the contrary , entertains lofty notions of himself and degrading conceptions of the Deity : he conceives that the course of nature is to be regulated with a view to his own interest … |
| 26 | Cnut divided the country in four in 1017 , keeping Wessex for himself and giving East Anglia to Thorkell , Mercia to Eadric , and Northumbria to Eric . |
| 27 | Paul was singing to himself and asking questions of the type children tend to , such as why were n't the birds all blown away during the storm , and why did n't the sea fill up with water with the stream going so hard ? |
| 28 | Yeah , yes you 've got a car and you can go and visit somebody and go door to door |
| 29 | He 's been all sweetness and light , promised nothing and done ditto . ’ |
| 30 | Maggie was by the pool , enjoying doing absolutely nothing and watching Ana swim when Mitch came up looking extremely displeased . |