Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pn reflx] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the following four sections we shall examine five different habits used by animals to avoid being eaten : potential prey may actively flee their predators , or they may stay still and try to be invisible , or they may stuff themselves with sickening chemicals and advertise their unpalatability with bright ‘ warning colours ’ , or they may mimic the warning colours of others , and finally , in some circumstances , an animal may make itself less likely to be eaten by living in a group . |
| 2 | So far as service is concerned , this , in the county court , is the responsibility of the court itself and the judge should satisfy himself that service has been promptly effected . |
| 3 | I must remind myself that fear and my submission to it is a statement of disbelief . |
| 4 | Helen said , ‘ I think I should find myself another solicitor . ’ |
| 5 | She would remonstrate with her , ‘ You 'll make yourself more ill brooding like this . ’ |
| 6 | I 'll make myself some cauliflower cheese tomorrow morning . |
| 7 | I think we might remind ourselves that justice begins in Court , not on the street . |
| 8 | For example , where there are natural monopolies , it might be difficult for a well-intentioned and determined DHA to effect changes : indeed , it might find itself more pre-occupied with trying to contain the natural inclinations of monopolists to raise prices without commensurate improvements in quality . |
| 9 | Well you could buy yourself some golf stuff for a hundred could n't you ? |
| 10 | If only he could give himself more time . |
| 11 | And before he could stop himself some part of his brain that had nothing to do took control of his mouth and added , ‘ Heroes , in fact . ’ |
| 12 | I only wanted to tell you first so you could save yourself this sort of scene in front of them . |
| 13 | If he could help himself this would be mental vandalism ; but he ca n't ; Stavrogin 's are yawns that refuse to be stifled ; automatism and involuntarism are finally one , and the tragic villain-hero who at once apprehends the ‘ sensible idea ’ and yawns at it betrays a high but helpless intelligence recalling Raskolnikov as well as Svidrigailov . |
| 14 | ‘ Without adequate breakdown insurance , you could find yourself several hundred pounds worse off , ’ said the spokesman . |
| 15 | Later , she 'd unpack , later she 'd explore Marigot Bay , later she 'd organise herself some supper , later she 'd start feeling excited , privileged , ecstatically lucky to be here … later she 'd do all kinds of things , but right now ten solid hours of travelling , the latter part in that bone-shaker of a van , had left her utterly spent . |
| 16 | Furthermore , firms may set themselves several targets and not simply restrict themselves to the sole target of profit maximisation . |
| 17 | I would make myself some tea , I decided as I packed away my papers , then walk over to the post office to make my call to Crispin . |
| 18 | They were less enthusiastic about two places which would consider themselves several cuts above the Meridien . |
| 19 | Then I would tell myself such ideas were unreasonable : why would an American half-poet want to betray me to any government agency ? |
| 20 | You are still too young and I shall save myself that delight , ’ he had added . |
| 21 | He would allow himself another three hours to enjoy a private supper before going to the Duchess 's ball where , he knew , the food would be cold and inedible . |
| 22 | They lost at home again yesterday they shall find themselves some trouble if they do n't buck their ideas up whether they 're lacking or not |
| 23 | He had an idea that he would find himself another flat , and he actually called at a number of agencies in the Bayswater area and asked for their lists . |
| 24 | If , this time , it all works out successfully , Aegina may save itself some money . |
| 25 | Now when interest charges fall , the person who is buying the house benefits from the reduction in interest charges , but the person who is renting a house in local authority and then in this case nobody , nobody else in Harlow to rent it from , is faced with , not with a decreased monthly rental , but with an ever increasing one because as more and more Council houses are sold the cost of maintaining that there , the superstructure of the town , the cost of maintaining Council houses goes on increasing and so the burden is laid on the tenants and the tenant can find , will find himself that pound for pound increasing his rent while the house owner is decreasing his mortgage charges and at the end of the day the tenant is paying increased rent , increased rate and with nothing to show for it , erm , I 've always been in favour of a sale , of , of property er owner occupiers , but not at the expense of the people who can not afford to be owner occupiers , ah , to my mind , the present housing system is designed to maintain the existing class structure because even with the large discounts that one gets and nobody 's ever yet convinced me that why you should get a discount because you buy a Council house , but if you buy one privately owned you ca n't get a discount and it , there 's , this , this is so utter nonsense , but it is throwing a much heavier burden every time a house is sold on the remaining houses which are for rent , and so you that , although the idea is to make it a classless this society with more and more people owning their own properties the mo the mere fact that the majority of people in the town can not afford to buy even the reduced priced Council house , is an example that the , the system , the class system a division by income still exists . |
| 26 | You should not ignore plaque , as ultimately you gums may recede and you will find yourself more likely to lose a tooth . |
| 27 | Over these erm past couple of weeks we 've been looking at er some of the questions in the New Testament , we thought a couple of weeks back of the question that Jesus asked his disciples , do you think I 'm able to do this and then last week we looked at a question that the disciples put to Jesus , that time when they came down from the mountain and they found the re , three of them came down with Jesus from the mountain of transfiguration and they found the other disciples with a man who and a , whose son was demon possessed and er they had been unable to help him and the man or brings his son to Jesus and Jesus delivers him and afterwards the disciples who had been so helpless put the question to Jesus , why could we not cast out this demon and this morning I 'd like us to look at another question , we 've got another one today and one God willing next week , er and the question is , is found in Luke chapter thirteen , let me just read a few verses , because of course it 's , it 's not just the questions , it 's the answers that are important as well in Luke chapter thirteen , gon na read from verse twenty two it says in Jesus was passing through from one city and village to another , teaching and proceeding on his way to Jerusalem now that gives us a clue in that , because Jesus only ever went to Jerusalem apart from when he was a boy , he only ever went to Jerusalem once and that , after since that time , and that was when he was crucified , so Jesus was now on his way to Jerusalem , it was the latter days , the latter weeks of the life of Jesus , he was making his way now to Jerusalem and someone said to him Lord are there just a few who are being saved and Jesus said to hi , to them , strive to enter by the narrow door for many I tell you will seek to enter and will not be able , once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open to us , then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you are from , then you will begin to say we ate and drank in your presence and you taught in our streets , and he will say I tell you I do not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers , there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there , when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the profits in the kingdom of God , but yourselves being cast out and they will come from East and West and from North and South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , and behold some ar some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last , so it 's just that question then , let's remind ourselves that is put to Jesus Lord are there just a few who are being saved |
| 28 | Doing something you like , if you can give yourself half an hour , or an hour , you know just say this is for me , and for me only . |
| 29 | This year , punters can give themselves half a chance by watching today 's ‘ consolation ’ race over the straight mile for horses eliminated from tomorrow 's Lincoln . |
| 30 | ‘ If you bastards do n't believe me , you can find yourselves another shithouse ! , |