Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly he had long since trained himself to tune out all awareness of boys unless they menaced his engine or coachwork . |
| 2 | He was never brought to justice , and since he has long since died himself , we shall leave the matter there . |
| 3 | ARTISTIC LICENCE ART Multiverb Alpha 2.0 Applied Research & Technology have long since established themselves as makers of quality rack equipment . |
| 4 | Despite the fact that he had apparently not put himself out overmuch to get home , he was given a hero 's welcome in Polperro . |
| 5 | Relieved that he had apparently not betrayed himself and yet wishing that she had not moved away from him , David told her about the history of the old Jewish quarter of Venice . |
| 6 | Fergus sprawled in the cafeteria banquette and said the challenge was to deconstruct something that had apparently already deconstructed itself , since the book was about a painting that turned out to be nothing but a chaotic mass of brush-strokes . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , I think he 'd only just realised himself . |
| 8 | It also enables management to anticipate both beneficial and adverse trends before the event or take evasive action when the evidence of an emerging problem has only just presented itself . |
| 9 | It might not be as easy as plotting Vologsky 's defection — and Kirov had only just reminded himself of a few of the terrors which he could face if he failed . |
| 10 | He has so far shown himself incapable of a knockout punch witness his feeble reply in the Commons yesterday to the onslaughts from his former Chancellor and from Labour leader John Smith . |
| 11 | Bath 's Ben Clarke has so far established himself as the pick of the British Lions touring squad in New Zealand |
| 12 | Six local churches including Q.P. have so far committed themselves to the vision and are represented on the Mark 2 board . ) |
| 13 | By this time the manner of Cutter 's death was known throughout ie camp and somehow it appeared disconcertingly trivial for a man " ho had so often exposed himself to such great danger . |
| 14 | The female when on heat was obviously erotically inclined herself , and could soon arouse the male , but , once aroused , the sexual drive of both animals seemed unable to direct them towards the exact behaviour demanded by the situation . |
| 15 | Being so visually oriented ourselves , we understand the visual signs best . |
| 16 | Within two years he had so firmly established himself that he was able to bring to Canada his wife and young son , Lyon , where they settled happily , first at Maberly , Ontario , then in Montreal , a home with more than a touch of aristocratic manners and style . |
| 17 | Yet , something more than the previous success , and consequent authority , of the Consumers ' Movement is needed to explain the apparently complacent appraisal of the Co-operative scene as Cole portrays it , the unregretting acceptance of the failure of Co-operative principle implicit in the virtual abandonment of the promotion of authentic Producer Co-operation , the strategic mistake of continuing , after Consumers ' Co-operation had so firmly established itself , to commit its resources solely to its own further development , and the failure to realise that where its attractions were not exclusively its own , industrial democracy attached uniquely to Producer Co-operation and so was an inalienable advantage . |
| 18 | The principle that no man can be a judge in his own cause may also be infringed if a person has so actively identified himself with the temperance cause , by his actions in campaigning against the granting of certificates , that it would be contrary to elementary justice that he should act as a member of a licensing board . |
| 19 | Pieces of Eight marked a new self-confident Kenneth Williams who had only occasionally revealed himself until then . |
| 20 | where he has so recently expended himself , disappear beneath her skirt , pulled down in one deft movement . |
| 21 | Flailing at the air where he 'd been , she struck out at the switch to turn off the PA that had suddenly inexplicably turned itself on . |
| 22 | Flailing at the air where he 'd been , she struck out at the switch to turn off the PA that had suddenly inexplicably turned itself on . |
| 23 | Having just painfully disentangled herself from one relationship , she had no intention of getting involved in another for a very long time . |
| 24 | The archive has thus always seen itself in terms of historical rather than current social science research . |
| 25 | I had just about run myself dry of duff funnies regarding the trusty Smith and Whatsaname . |
| 26 | There was no disputing the hard truth behind his words — someting for which she had already severely upbraided herself . |
| 27 | It has already firmly lodged itself , like some haunting vision , in my mind . |
| 28 | It has already firmly lodged itself , like some haunting vision , in my mind ’ ‘ … a riveting piece of drama ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm beginning to know exactly how they feel , ’ Lindsey smiled , ‘ and I 've always rather prided myself on having a pretty good sense of direction . ’ |
| 30 | The work begins in classic Hegelian style : ‘ Mental life begins with an undifferentiated state in which the Ego and its objects are not yet distinguished ; consciousness is filled with impressions and perceptions while the bearer of these contents has still not detached himself from them ’ ( 1978 : 63 ) . |