Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pn reflx] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this time I was convinced that nothing could work and that I would have to spend the rest of my life obsessed with food , hating my body , eating every day to the point of pain , and desperately frightened if I could n't find any laxatives or make myself sick . |
| 2 | Rather than finishing school and entering work , young people were as likely to enter training schemes , temporary college courses , part time and temporary employment , odd jobs of all kinds or to find themselves unemployed as they were to find jobs directly . |
| 3 | It is a prosperous-looking place , either because there is wine money here , made from the vineyards of Irouléguy , or because well-off Basques have retired to this very calm and convenient valley , to renovate the old houses or build themselves shiny new ones , reminiscent but hardly imitative of the lovely old style of Basque domestic architecture . |
| 4 | I think that here they were undertaking an additional obligation or rendering themselves liable to an increased detriment . |
| 5 | It really is quite simple , but there are a few basic rules you must adhere to if you do n't want to flood the canal system or find yourself adrift in the middle of the night ! |
| 6 | ‘ Either take Fatima back or find yourself another woman . ’ |
| 7 | Unix users with NFS would have to change over to the unfamiliar — and untried — DCE or find themselves unable to integrate with NT easily . |
| 8 | The memory of those sensitive hands , the clean square nails , the single white streak in his hair , would fill her mind with agony , and she would go on reading her book without taking in a word , or find herself deaf to the fact that the tape she was playing had long since finished . |
| 9 | Do occupy yourself so that you do n't over-indulge or leave yourself open to temptation . |
| 10 | Mr Smith added : ‘ There was no enthusiasm for this Government , no admiration for their performance , no sense that after 13 years they had delivered the goods , fulfilled promises or proved themselves worthy of the trust of the nation . ’ |
| 11 | Honesty or making yourself cheap . |
| 12 | when you offered a meeting which does not seemed to be in dispute , either you 're travelling to London or making yourselves available in Corma were you offering a ten minute conversation or were you anticipating that you would be able to deal with any questions he might have ? |
| 13 | Such agreement would not be fully enforceable : the court will not compel a partner to remain in the firm against his will , but an unwilling partner would have to choose between honouring his contract or laying himself open to an action for damages for breach of contract . |
| 14 | So getting fit or setting yourself achievable goals could have the pleasant side-effect of so improving your self-esteem — and hormone levels — that your sex life perks up markedly . |
| 15 | He 'd locked himself in their room and drunk himself insensible . |
| 16 | Of the five , probably only William Snr. and Thomas were practical binders , the rest migrating to London and proving themselves good businessmen as booksellers , travelling widely and selling fine books , including the Halifax products . |
| 17 | I lie down on the bench and try and make myself comfy . |
| 18 | And I binge and make myself sick again . |
| 19 | But then it was time to retrieve the cylinder from its hiding place in my cabin , and make myself ready . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , then , go and make yourselves ready . ’ |
| 21 | The judge directed that the applicant submit to a full medical examination by the consultant forensic psychiatrist instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service and make himself available for examination by a second medical practitioner . |
| 22 | He knew when to make use of his status , and when and how to temper its brilliance and make himself unobtrusive among a multitude . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll get the car out and you go and make yourself respectable . ’ |
| 24 | Go to bed and make yourself ready for sleep . |
| 25 | go up and borrow Matt 's , get your dressing gown on and make yourself some toast , right ? |
| 26 | Close your eyes and make yourself comfortable . |
| 27 | BEATRIX : Come into the lounge and make yourself comfortable , Maurice . |
| 28 | ‘ Sit down and make yourself comfortable . |
| 29 | Come in and make yourself comfortable . ’ |
| 30 | I was asking a women why she did not keep herself more tidy and make herself attractive to her husband . |