Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pn reflx] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had already committed himself to more work than he could handle because he was inexperienced at making deals and having to turn down work . |
| 2 | A driver had wrenched himself from another machine and was running back . |
| 3 | But once he 's , once he 's resigned himself to that , he 's then got ta look at that operation next door and he must be losing money hand over fist for the amount of space it is . |
| 4 | Expo fever , Ruth had put it down to as Steve had been bowled over by the exquisite beauty of an air stewardess and , forgetting that the idea of being here was to make European contacts for their agency , had resigned himself to some enjoyable flirting . |
| 5 | He was a man who , like Marius Steen , had risen from humble origins to immense wealth and had surrounded himself with all the symbols of the established aristocracy . |
| 6 | Earlier that very week , in fact , as he 'd filled up the Jaguar with Gulf-inflated gasoline , he 'd found himself surveying the display of the semi-pornographic magazines arranged along the highest shelf above the dailies ; and re-acquainted himself with such reasonably familiar titles as Men Only , Escort , Knave , Video XXXX , and so many others , each of them enticing the susceptible motorist with its cover of some provocatively posed woman , vast-breasted and voluptuous . |
| 7 | ‘ If Sabine Jourdain could have broken away from him any time she chose , it must be equally true that Durance could have torn himself from those admirers . ’ |
| 8 | Essentially the court is concerned whether the decision-making body has addressed itself to all relevant factors . |
| 9 | ‘ It has committed itself to this new dental hospital and we are looking to it to deliver . ’ |
| 10 | Now to see how Mrs Hatton had occupied herself during that particular week . |
| 11 | She had resigned herself to that . |
| 12 | They could have discharged themselves at any time , but they were destitute and the best was done for them that was possible in the circumstances . |
| 13 | Once you 've committed yourself to that theme , the route 's discreet wealth unfolds , and its names are movement and texture . |
| 14 | No Hellenistic poet or philosopher quoted it , although modern scholars have sometimes deluded themselves on this subject . |
| 15 | At this stage regional officers had not yet committed themselves to any specific role in the implementation of the new policy . |
| 16 | It was probably natural that the community they set up was so convinced of its own religious ideals that it thought toleration was harmful , but it was also natural that the strong-minded people who had committed themselves to this Atlantic crossing were not able to agree among themselves what was the true religion to which they were so committed . |
| 17 | After the war , German universities had rebuilt themselves with much help from overseas , particularly the US , but little direction from central government . |
| 18 | The proof of this statement is so simple and elegant that it is the one piece of mathematics I have permitted myself in this book . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Wordsworth had some idea of what was going on , as he had prepared himself for this second visit by reading pamphlets , and probably had a letter of introduction to Brissot ; but at first he was only sentimentally affected by the ideals of the Revolution . |
| 21 | Not necessarily that of mother and son ; Steve had detached himself from that hook and would never be hung on it again . |
| 22 | The solicitor detached himself from another group and joined them . |
| 23 | Not least , as I have suggested , the question arises as to how God can be good if God can have revealed himself through such a history and if such a myth is true . |
| 24 | Or meant to have replied , but perhaps she had not , perhaps the knowledge of later years had imposed itself on that first memory . |
| 25 | But even if the relative lack of profitable investment opportunities goes some way to explaining the poor investment rate , then if US business had felt itself under more pressure , it might have made greater efforts to improve technology . |
| 26 | His defence lawyer says the case is unique in French law in that the court accepted Kim might have stabbed herself in this way . |
| 27 | I could almost feel sorry for her , she had gotten herself into such a false position . |
| 28 | I would n't have lent myself to any schemes like that . |
| 29 | ‘ It appears to me that the whole question is governed by the broad , general , universal principle that English legislation , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied as to make it the duty of an English court to give effect to an English statute , is applicable only to English subjects or to foreigners who by coming into this country , whether for a long or a short time , have made themselves during that time subject to English jurisdiction . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll have shot myself before that ! ’ |