Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pn reflx] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turnbull busies himself with his clipboard as his reply is translated . |
| 2 | who lives himself through you . |
| 3 | fairy-tale in which the wolf kills and eats the grandmother of a little girl called Little Red Riding Hood , then gets into her bed and disguises himself in her clothes to trap the child . |
| 4 | Of course , this does n't mean that if a man exposes himself to you , you must be repressing that urge within yourself . |
| 5 | But in the third and final part of his expectations , Pip redeems himself by his loyalty towards Magwitch and his attempt to make things up to Joe and Biddy and his pursuit of the truth . |
| 6 | Below : An aging male babirusa that appears near to the day when it slowly gores itself through its forehead . |
| 7 | Here I lie on this crimson equatorial shore , far from where the great electronic city dissolves itself under its own photochemical smogs . |
| 8 | And yet this film etches itself upon one 's consciousness . |
| 9 | In contrast the new edition of R. P. Boas 's Primer of Real Functions does it all exactly the wrong way round ( Baire before Binomial ) but redeems itself with its dedication : TO MY EPSILONS . |
| 10 | Teddy disassociates himself from her and eats lots of broccoli almost with his mouth open , just to show how broad-minded he is . |
| 11 | Male homosexuals in a large number of cases , says Freud , do not give up the mother and find another woman as sexual object , but they identify with their mother : ‘ he transforms himself into her and now looks about for objects which can replace his ego for him and on which he can bestow such love and care as he has experienced with his mother ’ . |
| 12 | Though one is lost and another damaged , the survivor is sent off into space with the forest when the scientist destroys himself with his ship to conceal the fact that the forest still exists . |
| 13 | As an ‘ old China hand ’ , Mr Bush apparently prides himself on his personal understanding in dealing with the Chinese ; and as a former CIA director , he is not averse to secrecy . |
| 14 | Although Koch prides himself on his team 's technological programme , he admitted he had overlooked the change to daylight-saving time , which meant the races began an hour earlier , while the wind was still building . |
| 15 | This baffled the doctors still further and they concluded that ‘ Social attitudes are decidedly curious on the other side of the Atlantic : prohibition is a state institution but people drink their fill behind closed shutters ; everyone prides himself on his virtue but women wear pessaries against conception . ’ |
| 16 | Wayans prides himself on his no-sacred-cows approach to comedy , even when it has led to controversy . |
| 17 | GULF WAR hero Major James Hewitt is a charmer who loves the high life — and prides himself on his royal friendships . |
| 18 | Cabrera Infante , among others , repeatedly draws attention to his role as author , while the narrator of Alfredo Bryce Echenique 's A World for Julius not only maintains a running dialogue with the reader , but also involves himself with his characters , putting himself in their shoes , addressing them directly as if they were there alongside him and , like a supporter at a sporting event , siding with some against others . |
| 19 | He no longer confides in he , as he did in the letter at the beginning , but distances himself from her . |
| 20 | By pushing them into mannerism , Elvis distances himself from their demands , physical and psychological . |
| 21 | ‘ Only sometimes when I 'm tired it sort of forces itself on my attention . ’ |
| 22 | Given the environmental problems facing corporations and the preparedness of executives and officials unhindered by moral or ethical constraints to find ‘ rational ’ solutions , an operative criterion frequently forces itself into their consciousness — ‘ will it pay ’ ( and in whispered voices ) ‘ even though it is technically illegal ? ’ |
| 23 | Mummy blames herself for what happened . |
| 24 | ‘ She blames herself for your father 's death . |
| 25 | For a moment before it separates itself from its surroundings I catch a glimpse of its round eyes , beautiful but stupid , taking in the sight of a forty-three-year-old writer wearing shorts and a faded polo shirt , his face somewhat craggier than he sees it in his mind 's eye , his waist a little more solid and his eyes bright with the thoughts he is generating . |
| 26 | Her clothing moulds itself to her body so as to reveal or to promise as much of the delights within as it conceals ; it too includes silk , soft to the touch ( 3235 ) and the fresh warm taste of morning milk ( 3236 ) . |
| 27 | I think you will find as you begin to write through all your senses , that your writing transforms itself into something more fully alive . |
| 28 | L'Esquire prides itself on its superlative standards of service and relaxed atmosphere . |
| 29 | Chez Gerard , a London restaurant which prides itself on its Frenchness and its wine list , is just one now considering offering non-French wines for the first time , including some from the Antipodes . |
| 30 | New York is uncommon political turf , and Mr Brown has been helped mightily by a press that prides itself on its aggression and which does not much like Mr Clinton . |