Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pn reflx] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had raced up to her cabin wondering how she was going to repair herself enough to put in the rest of her shift . |
| 2 | That does n't last for ever , and it 's not easy to psych yourself up to get another job after you 've been given the push . |
| 3 | The cottage gardeners of old allowed their plants to seed themselves around to produce that chaotic , yet much cherished effect . |
| 4 | Ricky had to steel himself not to take her in his arms , but he would have been putting a match to a petrol-soaked bonfire , and he did n't want to hate himself any more than he did already . |
| 5 | She sat in the little café in the High Street , then , having managed to calm herself enough to face the world , she prepared to leave . |
| 6 | He breasted the hill , riding straight for her , coming so close on the great horse that Ruth had to steel herself not to move from the spot . |
| 7 | His eyes roamed lazily over her face and she had to steel herself not to look away . |
| 8 | This enabled the barley growers to organise themselves effectively to protest to the authorities about their loss of land , and to challenge the monopolistic price-fixing of ‘ middlemen ’ . |
| 9 | I I do n't know , probably we as newspapers are fairly guilty of preserving that image , but I also believe that those of you who are in local government service in whatever field , and that includes both officers and politicians have something to do yourselves there to try to restore that image . |
| 10 | The lord has to learn how best to pace himself spiritually to allow this desire to integrate all his potential . |
| 11 | Women have to keep themselves well to look after their men ’ |
| 12 | We are unable to love ourselves enough to allow for weakness . |
| 13 | He had employed two extra assistants to keep the flies at bay , and he found he had to force himself not to hurry his craft , not to cut corners . |
| 14 | He tapped on the window , and she had to force herself not to cringe as Luke Calder pressed a button on the dashboard and it slid down . |
| 15 | The deep-sea eyes never wavered as he gazed directly at her , and she had to force herself not to turn away , aware of the strangest feeling that he could somehow see straight into her mind . |
| 16 | Her mother came out and stood at the gate waving until Caro had walked out of sight , and Caro had to force herself not to run to escape that imploring cloying gaze . |
| 17 | To allow herself even to think of the days , the weeks , the months or years stretching ahead would have been to precipitate disaster . |
| 18 | Even if you have a technician on call to deal with equipment it is a very good idea to teach yourself how to set up , plug in and check the obvious things when something goes wrong . |
| 19 | You have to force yourself not to talk to the visual aids and to synchronize your gestures with your main messages . |
| 20 | Sometimes it was jolly nice , sometimes it was a bit fraught , and sometimes I had to remind myself not to start thinking of other things in the middle . |
| 21 | Just under two-thirds , 63% , agreed that they would use training to prepare themselves either to tackle a new enterprise or to intensify an existing one . |
| 22 | Has not the time come for the Government to commit themselves unequivocally to legislate in the next Parliament so that those who wish to shop on Sunday and exercise their free choice to do so are enabled to do so by total deregulation of the law ? |
| 23 | How many times do I have to tell myself not to get lost ? |