Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suffering pensioner hanged herself |
| 2 | The Benedictine monasteries regarded themselves as islands of true Christianity in a sea of pagan barbarism and it was not until the eleventh century that the monks of the abbey of Cluny and its affiliated houses began a campaign that was able to educate the laity and local clergy . |
| 3 | Unlike their daughter , Meg could understand why , after retirement , they had used all their savings to buy the rectory and had in old age burdened themselves with a mortgage . |
| 4 | primitive people regarded themselves as the only humans . |
| 5 | An old nurse hanged herself in one of the barns . |
| 6 | Very seldom in the history of French sport has a national team found itself under an almost moral obligation to win ’ , said the same editorial . |
| 7 | We also need to know why some biologists who were suspicious of natural selection called themselves ‘ Darwinians ’ — and why others were so determined to develop alternative theories . |
| 8 | The Provisional Government committed itself to recognizing the right of national self-determination and , in place of the old Tsarist governors , installed in the minority areas governing committees of local dignitaries and deputies of the relevant nationality to the national parliament , the Duma . |
| 9 | The Provisional Government committed itself to a wide range of reforms . |
| 10 | Three arched windows printed themselves in black and white on my retinas , the relics flared under a sizzling discharge between sky and turret . |
| 11 | A superb trout hooked itself firmly and during a breathtaking few minutes gave a spectacular display and a wonderful fight . |
| 12 | That small problem solved itself readily : one door stood open with Bruce Davidson leaning on the side in a careful presentation of a man who had just happened to be passing . |
| 13 | A TRAGIC pensioner hanged herself because she could no longer cope with the pain of her illness , an inquest heard yesterday . |
| 14 | The Somali tribes , with whom he had identified himself , might well have rallied to his cause had he in this decisive hour shown himself a leader . |
| 15 | The financial sector prepared itself for full deregulation and open competition with foreign institutions . |
| 16 | A young man placed himself between the shafts of the trap and prepared to pull his passengers round the village , but not before the publican had been fined a barrel of beer for speaking at the same time as the ‘ Lord Mayor ’ . |
| 17 | A YOUNG man hanged himself after a row with his girlfriend , an inquest heard yesterday . |
| 18 | Blue raincoat buried himself into an article headlined ‘ Bliz Boffs Borscht Biz ’ and chewed on a toothpick . |
| 19 | Exalted patriotism attached itself to victory over the United States in 1898 , to conquest in Morocco , even to the success of Peral 's submarine . |