Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once his obligations to the scheduled programme had been fulfilled he could then relax and enjoy himself in some of his and his audience 's favourite numbers . |
| 2 | For that reason , the Territorial Army does not consider itself in any way a second-class alternative . |
| 3 | Around the same time , I entered this competition — it was a kind of beauty competition , although it did n't describe itself in that way . |
| 4 | But as he drove himself into a last titanic effort to surface into the light , the pain began to divide and concentrate itself in three separate areas of his body ; his head , his right arm and his chest . |
| 5 | Even today , with the growth of computers in every branch of business , it is rare to find a computer man who can explain himself in simple English . |
| 6 | Let's face it , we live with our negative parts and generally we may beat ourselves in public . |
| 7 | What is required of the student is the capacity to identify with English : " Unless an undergraduate can identify himself in some sense with the subject he is studying , he is either reading the wrong School , or has no business to be at university at all . |
| 8 | Low-grade malnutrition ( slightly fewer vitamins and minerals than you need ; too much fat and sugar and too little fibre ) can show itself in small , insidious ways . |
| 9 | Internally , rising damp will show itself in several ways . |
| 10 | But he is insisting , in black and white terms , that the divine sonship , mediated by the Spirit , must show itself in changed behaviour . |
| 11 | The lack of academic autonomy will show itself in some form or other . |
| 12 | It is a problem which comes up at various points in considering the relations between biology and human practices , and may be put in the following way : how is a phenotypic character which would present itself in other species as a behavioural tendency represented in a species which has a culture , language and conceptual thought ? |
| 13 | Never again would she land herself in such a mess . |
| 14 | A woman can present herself in various roles : as a ‘ mother figure ’ , or as a child appealing to her husband 's paternal instinct . |
| 15 | In the pubs , the report added , they would have been ‘ safe … as the pacifists are generally teetotallers who will not show themselves in these abodes of iniquity . ’ |
| 16 | Imagine a Highland haven far away from the hustle and bustle of the city … a private world where you can pamper yourself in unparalleled luxury … and relax in surroundings of timeless beauty . |
| 17 | Li Shai Tung stared at the urbane , highly-sophisticated man standing at his side and laughed briefly , bemused that Shepherd could see himself in that brutal portrait . |
| 18 | Sandra used all the recommended beauty products , but she did n't see herself in those pictures . |
| 19 | When I thought about it clearly I could n't see myself in that role . ’ |
| 20 | I was now certain that I could not see myself in any type of residential home in the future . |
| 21 | Not that anybody would interest themselves in that sort of thing anyway — it simply is n't important , ’ she added rather lamely . |
| 22 | WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN FIVE YEARS ' TIME ? |
| 23 | WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN FIVE YEARS ’ TIME : Hopefully in work — yes , I 'll be very pleased if I 'm still working ! |
| 24 | WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN FIVE YEARS ' TIME ? : |
| 25 | This is why they ask you things like , on interviews , and they ask you , where do you see yourself in five years ' time , and I used to say , I do n't even see meself where I 'm going to be in five days ' time , never mind five , just give us the bloody job . |
| 26 | The bell-lamp in the passage looked as clear as a soap-bubble ; you could see yourself in all the tables , and French-polish yourself on any one of the chairs . |
| 27 | If you will contain yourself in reasonable patience , and permit me to do what I came here to do , we will all be better off ! |
| 28 | Do you reward yourself in any way for your success ? |
| 29 | Lovell is emphatic that it is not a fast-track management programme but a way of offering highly motivated individuals the chance to fully develop themselves in technical , business and behavioural areas . |
| 30 | In other ducks courting males may also preen themselves in certain phases of their displays . |