Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pn reflx] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have enforced questionable criteria , appealed to divine authority and given ourselves the right to make our own interpretation of it . |
| 2 | So continuous is this precipitation that it has earned itself the name of ‘ marine snow ’ . |
| 3 | I might have saved myself the trouble , as the family remained together for only a short time afterwards ; my sisters married , leaving only my mother and myself at home … |
| 4 | I could have saved myself the trouble . |
| 5 | Had I proposed to keep working until the hotel was a hotbed of gossip , and leave only when I 'd made myself the centre of a tasty little scandal ? |
| 6 | If that 's what you 've been looking for you could have saved yourself the trouble . |
| 7 | You might have saved yourself the bother . ’ |
| 8 | To think they could have saved themselves the worry . |
| 9 | I had convinced myself the diet was necessary even though I found it tough going and particularly rough after a major operation and great weight loss . |
| 10 | The figure called himself the devil and declared that he had come for Gary 's life . |
| 11 | Thus in London at different times there have been groups which have called themselves the Society of Twelve , the Seven and Five , and One/Four . |
| 12 | Her mother had given herself the answer to her question : girls these days did n't know what they wanted . |
| 13 | How would he be if on one of those Saturday mornings when he 'd hung around the rectory she 'd recognized herself the bitterness beneath his grin ? |
| 14 | In retirement he had set himself the task of making a replica Tomkin long-case clock . |
| 15 | He has set himself the task of trying to discuss the agenda Labour needs to develop over the next two decades on issues such as training , education and poverty . |
| 16 | Peirce had set himself the task of methodically classifying , and looking for applications of , the n-dimensional systems for all |
| 17 | The university has set itself the objective of becoming an outstanding research and teaching university . |
| 18 | Yesterday the Labour coordinating committee met for its annual get together , now this is the body that has set itself the task of modernizing the Labour Party , a difficult task at the best of times , made more difficult now because there is a growing shortage of volunteers for the cause , they ca n't even raise enough members to fill their own executive . |
| 19 | But given that the RSPB has set itself the task of changing European farming policy to save the Barn Owl , it 's going to be a monumental task . |
| 20 | Cleveland Aid for Romanian Children has set itself the task of completely renovating a 55-bed long stay hospital in Iasi for children suffering from hepatitis and diabetes . |
| 21 | For example , the West Midlands Regional Health Service has set itself the target of achieving a minimum of 33% of women non-executive directors who will advise on and develop the Regional Health Authority 's policy . |
| 22 | Sweden has set itself the target of freezing carbon dioxide emissions at 1986 levels by the year 2010 . |
| 23 | Britain has just 8 megawatts of wind power capacity installed to date , compared with 35 MW in India , 250 MW in Denmark and 1,400 MW in California — which has set itself the target of meeting 10 per cent of energy needs through wind power by the year 2000 . |
| 24 | Frere was unaware of it but his sister-in-law had spared herself the burden of a second letter . |
| 25 | Among the 800 hardened athletes in St Clements yesterday were four students from Buckingham University … they 've set themselves the goal of running the New York Marathon to raise money for charity … this was to be their first serious test . |
| 26 | These multi-agency teams have set themselves the task of identifying new cases , providing assessment by a member of the team and recommending suitable services . |
| 27 | ‘ Otherwise you would have spared yourself the journey . |
| 28 | Sixty years ago C. J. Herrick , the American comparative anatomist , dubbed it the ‘ organ of civilisation ’ , and I have set myself the task of seeing how far our scientific knowledge of nerve cells might earn the neocortex this grandiose title : Would these nerve cells , as actors , be able to perform the play , ‘ Civilisation ’ ? |
| 29 | The mere fact that I have set myself the end X , with Y as a necessary means to it , and without conflict with other prudential or moral considerations , does not guarantee me from being mistaken in doing Y ( Anyone who supposed that it did would indeed be guilty of the Naturalistic Fallacy without appeal . ) |
| 30 | It is difficult to believe that the submission , valuable for the record and indeed used by Baldwin in his House of Commons speech the following afternoon , would have been sent had Baldwin not satisfied himself the night before what the answer would be . |