Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [pn reflx] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Brownies do n't do good turns for rewards , ’ Heather told him , ‘ but , ’ she added eagerly , ‘ if you would let us use your loft as a meeting-place we 'd promise not to do any damage or make ourselves nuisances , would n't we , Shirley ? ’ |
| 2 | The corporations are also the development-control authority for the designated area , so they may thus determine planning applications made to them or deem themselves planning permission by resolution . |
| 3 | Usually from magazines that consider themselves rivals . |
| 4 | But such criticisms become increasingly unconvincing if one observes the enthusiasm with which such students throw them-selves into new fields , and make themselves experts , within a short time , in subjects they may never have studied before . |
| 5 | ‘ That is , people who were born normal and make themselves freaks through altering the body . ’ |
| 6 | Observers noted that some changes , such as that which enabled President Fidel Castro to declare a state of emergency , and appoint himself leader of the National Defence Council in such an event , merely institutionalized already existing situations . |
| 7 | However , Heritage Year , we felt , would simply provide another occasion , of which there were already far too many , for Britain 's architects , town planners and local authorities to pat each other on the back and give themselves awards . |
| 8 | I think it 's very much linked with the safeguard being that we have got the one year cushion of , of carry forwards sums there to meet any immediate problems within the year , and give ourselves breathing space to , to address those in the longer term . |
| 9 | People often prefer to rationalize after the event and convince themselves things went well and ‘ according to plan ’ , rather than compare what was actually achieved against the objective . |
| 10 | There would one condition , however : I should change my name and call myself Louise Müller . ’ |