Example sentences of "[vb base] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You set your sights on a meeting , you build yourself up to it , and naturally what follows can be something of an anti-climax . |
| 2 | He answered : ‘ Jobs and leisure are all one thing are n't they — if you work you build yourself up for leisure . ’ |
| 3 | Ideology , defined as the control over certain potential media of objectification in society by interest groups such that those who externalize themselves on to those media are unable to recognize that section of themselves , is a common historical phenomenon . |
| 4 | They press themselves up against the adventurers . |
| 5 | The men are trying to catch mine and hook themselves on to me as ‘ guides ’ . |
| 6 | Baronness Warnock ( Ind ) , whose 1986 report forms the basis of the bill , said it would be a paradox if ‘ we democratic and increasingly educated people should … put ourselves back into the 17th century , when the question of whether or not Galileo and indeed Descartes might pursue and publish their scientific findings was regulated not by scientific considerations , but by religious considerations . ’ |
| 7 | We race across Lliwedd on frost rimed ledges and hurl ourselves down towards Llydaw 's outlet , slipping on frozen streamlets , crashing down scree , pausing to drink the silence . |
| 8 | If we Christians set our own judgement or our inherited traditions above the Old and New Testament scriptures we part company with the Lord and the apostles , and cut ourselves off from our one source of knowledge of God . |
| 9 | Why then cut ourselves off from the one source in which may be found an authoritative statement of the intention with which the legislation is placed before Parliament ? |
| 10 | We do n't know what he 's like yet — would n't it be better to ask him for an odd Sunday first before we let ourselves in for a course of sermons ? ’ |
| 11 | It 's a bit of oh my God , I did n't realize we let ourselves in for that much and I , I do n't think that 's quite fair of us , although I think we , we had a but some operating companies were , have certainly realized that they had erm material potential liabilities down the track led to redesign . |
| 12 | Defeat left Everton with a far from comfortable eight point cushion above the relegation zone and Kendall said : ‘ We defended well most of the time but let ourselves down in injury time . |
| 13 | He only came to the Sahara to get a sun-tan and lose weight , so that he can put on his dark glasses and show himself off in the bars back home . ’ |
| 14 | Poor David Lawrence the ball does seem to follow him around whenever he 's bowling as well he , ease himself back to his position now two more to , he moves on to eleven . |
| 15 | The mountain shook for several long seconds , after which time they were delighted to see the Doctor hurtle out of the cave mouth and hurl himself down towards them . |
| 16 | Put himself out of the reach of Dr Ali , the Twenty-fourthers and everything else in the school . |
| 17 | Until the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 , only a registered patent agent or a solicitor could act for gain as agents for persons seeking patents , but now anyone can do this as long as he does not describe himself as , or hold himself out to be , a " patent agent " or " patent attorney " . |
| 18 | Erlich let himself out of the room . |
| 19 | He smelled frying bacon and heard the chatter of women as he walked across the tiled hall and let himself out through a side door . |
| 20 | Over at the manse the Reverend William McIvor , in a drab overcoat , let himself out by the back door and rode off to the north-east by a back path through the woods near Taymouth Castle , keeping his grey garron on a tight rein and stepping slowly so that the hoof-beats were nearly soundless . |
| 21 | He walked back the way he had come and let himself out by a gate in the railing where a metal notice planted in the earth read : Department of the Environment . |
| 22 | He went to close the windows and stepped inside the room , planning to lock them and then let himself out by Sara 's front door . |
| 23 | Hardly was he around the corner than the man in the parked car climbed out , crossed the road and let himself in to the apartment-block . |
| 24 | I have to say first though , that this august body then let itself down with a bang before a ball had been bowled . |
| 25 | In order to communicate , it break itself down into small groups and appoints an in-house trusty to translate the speeches , allowed to be made in only a limited number of major languages ( tip — Portuguese is not one them ) . |
| 26 | She was glad she had the stone , when he came into the byre ; she was waiting for him as he had asked her to , she had made her way across the orchard in the fresh blue morning and let herself in through the wooden door by lifting it off its hinges , since the bolt had rusted fast long ago , and she had looked up at the full moon of the sky in the chimney hole at the centre of the round shelter 's roof , and with her stone which was sharp as a shearing knife with a bright , honed blade the marks of the whetstone were still visible in pale striations like scouring tracks — she scraped her name into one of the stones on the interior , as many others had done before her , in tall shapely capitals , the only letters she knew . |
| 27 | She placed the cheque in her bag , let herself out through the back way and , checking that Ryan had gone , because she did n't want him following her , she walked along the lane , careful not to trip on muddy ruts . |
| 28 | She 'd make for the kitchen , she thought , and let herself out through the back door . |
| 29 | Going into the hall , she flung on a coat , pocketed the keys lying on the silver salver , and let herself out into the night . |
| 30 | She bent quickly to kiss her father , then let herself out into the shadowy hall , and made for the wide , oak-panelled stairs . |