Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we should wish to tell you how every one behaved himself in this battle , it is a thing which could not be done , for all did so well that no man can relate their feats . |
| 2 | Computer hardware companies , such as Apple and Compaq , found themselves in this position , as did their software counterparts Microsoft , Lotus and Ashton-Tate . |
| 3 | Some things needed to change , but some needed to remain the same and I usually found myself in this place pulling at the forces of change as a child might pull at the reins of a runaway horse . |
| 4 | Deng closely aligned himself with this stance . |
| 5 | She also wanted her own business , and during her years in the trade prepared herself for this by learning as much as she could about bookshop buying , repping and wholesaling , financial administration , rights and coeditions , export sales , publicity , and paid-for promotion . |
| 6 | A typically ambiguous attitude towards foreigners manifested itself at this point . |
| 7 | In 1973 the Ladies ' Committee concerned itself with this seat reporting ‘ It was a pity to leave it in the wet even if only there for the time being ’ . |
| 8 | The most dramatic development of the last quarter of a century has been the emergence of the urban-rural shift as a major factor in population redistribution , but in the late 1970s and early 1980s its strength waned somewhat , as too did the pace of local decentralization , whereas the North-South divide reasserted itself at this time after a period of lower significance . |
| 9 | Another part of Phoebe hated herself for this cynical internal grin , because these were her friends and she was indubitably one of them , and could not imagine being otherwise . |
| 10 | Had Alfred Glynn murdered his brother then killed himself in this frightful manner by way of expiation ? |
| 11 | Gandhi dissociated himself from this development and withdrew from politics until 1939 , when the outbreak of the Second World War stirred him to political action again . |
| 12 | As he adapted himself to this reputation , Deems indeed grew subtle in his affairs , until man and reputation became one . |
| 13 | I availed myself of this service . |
| 14 | Curiously , there were very few who availed themselves of this privilege . |
| 15 | In particular , at the very end of the questionnaire we invited general comments about SSE and one-third of the teachers who responded availed themselves of this opportunity . |
| 16 | They blamed themselves for this unfortunate marriage . |
| 17 | And more and more she met herself at this hour , too late to phone anyone , too weary to sleep . |
| 18 | Although he distanced himself from this view prior to the election , he campaigned strongly on the promise to " return safe and clean streets " . |
| 19 | But she had re-entered the world of music , she comforted herself with this ; in the least expected way she was back in the life from which Mike and his family and marriage had threatened to cut her off for ever . |
| 20 | ‘ You snored all night , ’ he said with relish , and Cermait got up and removed himself from this low vulgar company , because you could not stay in a room with people who told the High Queen that you snored . |
| 21 | Benstede swept through the hall and tactfully presented himself before this array of the most powerful magnates in Scotland . |
| 22 | Yet I recall an episode many years ago in which a man deliberately put himself in this predicament . |
| 23 | There only 3 places off the bottom and the drop into the non-league world and there was just one minute to go when they saved themselves in this match . |
| 24 | I astonished myself with this realization . |
| 25 | Nor had any of the guests — themselves numbering one hundred and eighty — absented themselves on this occasion . |
| 26 | Any farm worker could easily anticipate the consequences of ‘ going against ’ the local farmers , so for the most part they resigned themselves to this situation , bit their tongues rather than spoke out and developed what is by now their notorious taciturnity and ability to ‘ keep themselves to themselves ’ . |
| 27 | I noticed that children often marked themselves like this in play . |
| 28 | It is strongly argued by Rubinstein ( 1976 ) and others that establishment institutions revitalised themselves in this period to absorb and assimilate the new capitalists into older values and older structures of influence . |
| 29 | Er , you know , he saved hisself with this er |
| 30 | Even an optimist like Alix found people depressing when they revealed themselves in this manner . |