Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] on the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We can congratulate ourselves on the forecasts which led to fixing fees at the right levels , but commercial criteria are not the only means of judging the fortunes of professional institutes . |
| 2 | Electoral law does not forbid him from describing himself as Conservative but his rival , Mr Gerry Malone , will describe himself on the ballot paper as The Conservative Party Candidate . |
| 3 | So as I say I think it 'll , I think it 'll , it 'll run okay and behave itself on the assumption you can get some people to fill it in so er |
| 4 | They both agreed that if you could n't enjoy yourself on the way , what was the point in running a business that afforded them so much freedom to travel ? |
| 5 | Foul up in a chimney and you 'll batter yourself on the walls . |
| 6 | if you were buried alive , I mean , Uncle Nat when he used , when he was in , in Uncle Nat when he was out in the war , he used to come back home and he 'd only to hear a siren and he 'd throw himself on the floor |
| 7 | It simply did not , and does not , offer a framework on which to hang a convincing story … the geographer , when he analyses the material properties of the man-environment systems , must base himself on the central functions of that system , rather than on the traditional divisions of physical geography . |
| 8 | Whereas the left might base itself on the thoughts of Karl Marx , the libertarians look back to Adam Smith and an extreme ideology of laissez-faire capitalism . |
| 9 | A huge £50 million has been raised for charity since the race started in 1981 and runners can pat themselves on the back for all the financial help they have given to worthy causes . |
| 10 | At least the members of the BCRS can pat themselves on the back for having used it at least once in 1989 ! |
| 11 | ‘ Well , make sure you do n't show yourself on the skyline up there . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't pat yourself on the back too soon . |
| 13 | But still we kept saying if only we could see ourselves on the video , that would help us . |
| 14 | Sam and I can amuse ourselves on the Sunday , and that will give you the opportunity to take Anna to the Forest . ’ |
| 15 | I could see myself on the roof of our house , as , for the last time , I spread the couscous out to dry on a sheet in the sun before my journey to London : I could see the village below me : the tops of the trees , the minaret , the ancient wall which ran round my village . |
| 16 | Picking up their phones , they would thrust themselves on the punters , ramming stock , which was often of little value , down their throats . |
| 17 | There are peel-off labels for the long holiday dates , something with which you can amuse yourself on the next bank holiday . |
| 18 | Their common concern was the chaos that would unleash itself on the city if a radioactive cloud from Hinkley Point was carried by the prevailing wind . |
| 19 | It horrified her to think how foolish she had been and she could only excuse herself on the grounds that she had suffered some kind of fit . |
| 20 | For a craven moment she was tempted to go back and throw herself on the mercy of the landlady . |
| 21 | A cell awaited her , and certain death — unless she could throw herself on the Queen 's mercy . |
| 22 | Nowadays museums must sell themselves on the market in order to attract not only the audiences but also sponsors and benefactors . |
| 23 | Acheson would not commit himself on the sums of money involved and indicated that estimates had to be finalised . |
| 24 | That application can not simply model itself on the procedures of empirical research , however , since it has to operate within contexts which preclude it . |
| 25 | Others are those who did not adventure themselves on the Crusade , but stayed to maintain the rights of their absent lords in their proper manors and castles , but as the years passed and their lords did not return they have been turned out from their posts of trust . ’ |
| 26 | There is , in fact , virtually no area at all where rabbits can not exist — they can support themselves on the edge of suburban Britain and maintain vast colonies on the most inhospitable heathland . |
| 27 | The young Sheikh and his friends would stretch themselves on the carpet around us , their white kandoras in the half-light of night making a scene of extraordinary beauty . |
| 28 | And into how many positions can couples contort themselves on the covers of sex guides ? |
| 29 | If you were n't , you 'd probably sack yourself on the spot . |
| 30 | Finally I decided to decline politely and throw myself on the mercy of an acquaintance instead . ’ |