Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [modal v] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our view , although the Code extends beyond the treatment of those in detention , what is clear is that it was intended to protect suspects who are vulnerable to abuse or pressure from police officers or who may believe themselves to be so . |
| 2 | After mature deliberation your Committee venture to propose to you to entrust them with powers to digest a scheme for the medical department , to receive claims , and investigate the merits of the different candidates who may propose themselves to fill the different situations in this line , as well as of the subordinate attendants of the house , and to report to you at your next general meeting the names of such persons as to them appear most proper , for your final approbation . ’ |
| 3 | Another who may find himself in the same situation will call upon all his inner resources in his efforts to deal with the problem . |
| 4 | On the one hand , refusal to admit the jus tertii allows recovery by a plaintiff who may have himself wrongfully dispossessed the true owner and also exposes the wrongdoer to the risk of multiple liability . |
| 5 | ‘ Advice to Sophronia ’ describes the woman as a decayed beauty of fifty-five who ought to prepare herself for a ‘ Virgin Grave ’ . |
| 6 | It is you who must concern yourself with the … the ethical problems involved . |
| 7 | There 's many a a mum you know , who 'll who 'll clothe herself from a jumble sale . |
| 8 | Since a high proportion of the over 40s in the population met their marriage-partners in dance halls , this nostalgia extends far beyond the group who might regard themselves as ballroom dancers . |
| 9 | Of course it was only the Captains and the big-business men who might find themselves coming down Spring Street who would pay six shillings and six pence a pound for a smoking mixture ; other well-established tobacconists in the city had the custom of the gentry . |
| 10 | From this , we will not be excluded , but will in turn exclude them , including some of those who might find themselves in the terrain of our state because their being on our state threatens the unity of our state , just as they perceive us to be a threat to their unity , and so on and so on . |
| 11 | And in Edinburgh the appearance of It at the still-functioning Paperback Shop renewed the link with Haynes for people like Lloyd , who could regard themselves as the Americans ' ambassadors in the north . |
| 12 | But it would be desperately hard , in the Arab world , to stand up to a man who could portray himself as a ( literally ) world-defying champion of Palestinian rights . |
| 13 | She who could transform herself by force of will into a passable semblance of a Genestealer . |
| 14 | Those who could feed themselves had at least had the choice of not eating the tapioca that they disliked and going hungry . |
| 15 | And those who could dragged themselves clear to re-form and charge with him . |
| 16 | They were n't the kind of people who could get themselves together and organized , it was a more and more the bottom end of the scale and people who were actually erm you know , really powerless in many ways . |
| 17 | This must be done by people on all levels involved in health-care , including the insurance companies who could save themselves a fortune in claims . |
| 18 | A pig-headed brute who could jump himself out of anything , like a cat , but did n't always choose to , and did n't always take me with him . |
| 19 | The keen demand made patronage a double-edged weapon for the politician , who could find himself making enemies as readily as friends unless he proceeded with the utmost caution in everything he attempted . |
| 20 | But love was what he felt for the stranger who 'd thrust herself upon him . |
| 21 | I ca n't name names , but the song concerns a series of people who 'd recognise themselves in there if they examined the lyrics . |
| 22 | Two of the most successful television hosts are a man who used to call himself Joan Collins Fan Club and wears skirts that show his bare buttocks ( Julian Clary ) , and the other is a post-panto Dame ( Edna ) in diamante spectacles and aurora frocks . |
| 23 | Besides , Mr. Williams , who would waste themselves on such a miserable wretch ? |
| 24 | He had not yet abandoned the idea of finding a woman who would commit herself totally to him as a life partner . |
| 25 | The international team , who are coaches and hosts by day , don their entertainer hats and launch into shows and competitions put together by the staff and holidaymakers , who would surprise themselves and us with their undiscovered talent . |
| 26 | Historically , those who would describe themselves as ‘ animal welfarists ’ have answered this question in the following way . |
| 27 | Now , with Benjamin James Titford , the eldest son of Benjamin the Silversmith and Elizabeth , we encounter a craftsman 's son who would establish himself as a member of the professional classes — by becoming a schoolmaster . |
| 28 | Because of this factor it is relatively expensive and little seen , and only of use to regular , frequent business users who would find themselves in difficulties without the transportation . |
| 29 | But the sociologist of religion is interested in far more complicated questions than merely who would call themselves Methodist , Muslim or Mormon — or the proportion of each faith that attends a place of worship each day or week or month , or commits suicide in a particular year . |
| 30 | There are certainly many others who would see themselves reflected more accurately in Constantin Levin , Tolstoy 's portrayal of himself in Anna Karenina . |