Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the talents of her mind amply compensated for the defects of her person ; and if , with so few advantages , she was capable of writing with so much credit to herself , there can be no doubt but , if her career had been prolonged , she would have greatly distinguished herself in the annals of female literature [ |
| 2 | Even if she could not have so persuaded herself it would have made no difference . |
| 3 | If you have recently changed from a 16-bit computer ( something like an Atari ST or an Amiga ) to a PC , you will have suddenly found yourself face to face with DOS ( Disk Operating System ) , and this will most probably be Microsoft 's DOS 5 ( MS-DOS 5 ) . |
| 4 | It was such a waste , so avoidable ; ever since he died you must have constantly asked yourself why . |
| 5 | The FT-SE 100 Index continued to sail into unchartered waters and a further £3bn flooded into the market on hopes that the recession may have finally blown itself out . |
| 6 | If Putt is in the habit of making frequent journeys to London he 'll have already rid himself of such incriminating items there . |
| 7 | If you could have just seen yourself then , you leapt up |
| 8 | Before his horrific injury against Palace , Dublin must have still pinched himself after grabbing the headlines with his later winner at Southampton . |
| 9 | H.D. , nicknamed ‘ the Hama-dryad ’ , is the subject of much high-spirited comedy in the letters that Ezra and Dorothy exchanged , and this ought to provoke second thoughts in those who want to take Hilda 's account at face-value : H.D. may have honestly persuaded herself that she was the great ( though virginal ) love of Pound 's life , but it 's unlikely that Pound thought so , nor need we . |
| 10 | " He might have really hurt himself . " |
| 11 | This area — even if he had been a total stranger to the city , and know nothing of its history , would have immediately advertised itself as the red-light district — even the very air seemed tainted by the smells of cheap perfume and sex . |
| 12 | It is recognized that in practice ‘ equality in equilibrium ’ is most unlikely to be reached , since well before such processes could have fully played themselves out other changes may well have disrupted the system in other ways . |
| 13 | This is not so much because John Hart , the Malvern College schoolmaster , and his nine colleagues would have otherwise found themselves paying a hefty tax bill on the concessionary school places given to their sons eight years ago ; nor is it so much because of the thousands of other employees who would also have faced tax bills for other concessionary benefits . |