Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eyes that see ourselves see always the same creature throughout life ; in our own mind the child and the youth and the mature man are the same . |
| 2 | However , most two pack systems , similar to our own Wood Bleach , do not contain any acid and as Mr Leach himself points out the ‘ A ’ solution is usually a strong alkaline . |
| 3 | During the first visit he was in such low spirits he could not bring himself to meet even the faithful Cottle ; during the second , in early April , optimism and humour had sufficiently returned for him to relish a meeting with one especially talkative woman on his homeward walk . |
| 4 | Maximum impact through minimum statement is what Armani is all about — and the maestro himself lives out the philosophy in his personal life . |
| 5 | It is said that Alexander himself paced out the plan for his Egyptian city before hurrying off to conquer the rest of the world . |
| 6 | Stair , turning to see what was happening , was borne away from Neil , who was himself carried down the Haymarket by a shouting throng — the rugger match had triggered off an impromptu riot as well . |
| 7 | Alan Llwyd , who has himself won both the chair and crown of the National Eisteddfod twice in three years , worked on the screen adaptation of research he carried out for a blockbusting book on Hedd Wyn 's life . |
| 8 | He found himself looking up the skirts of a girl dancing by , and he rolled across the floor in an attempt to keep up with her . |
| 9 | Tom found himself looking down the barrel of a gun . |
| 10 | He will not himself carry out the work but will invite works contractors to tender for packages of work within the project . |
| 11 | As he found himself speaking out the name into the imprisoned night of the Zoo he wanted to cry out with sadness . |
| 12 | Sergio Pininfarina himself takes up the story behind this amazing concept car . |
| 13 | The player himself takes up the story . |
| 14 | When the youth swung round he found himself staring down the barrel of Graham 's Beretta . |
| 15 | He would himself take on the Finance portfolio , with Minister of Agriculture Madun Dulloo taking on Foreign Affairs and further appointments to follow . |
| 16 | In fact , although each volume was prepared under the ‘ haute direction de M. Camille Saint-Säens , the great man himself edited only the first five volumes exclusively the keyboard and chamber music and motets . |
| 17 | Vuk himself took up the task , and his first effort appeared in October 1814 . |
| 18 | But while Pygmalion ( 1938 ) had been directed by the reliable Asquith , Pascal himself took over the reins on Major Barbara ( 1941 ) . |
| 19 | Mwinyi abolished the post of Deputy Prime Minister and himself took over the Defence and National Service portfolio , sharing responsibility with former President Julius Nyerere , chairman of the ruling CCM party and of the party 's defence and security committee . |
| 20 | Armstrong himself took on the role of coach because he wanted a big challenge . |
| 21 | ‘ SEEMS LIKE Morrissey himself gives up the songs half-way through when he stops the vocal and uses up the rest of the needletime with yodelling . ’ |
| 22 | Speaking through Hosea , God himself sums up the lesson of Israel 's failure : ‘ They were filled , and , being filled , grew proud ; and so they forgot me . ’ |
| 23 | Not allowing himself to glance down the passage in the direction of Madeleine 's bedroom , Harry descended the big staircase and went out of the house . |
| 24 | It must obviously be too late to go to the bazaar now , he thought with relief as he came face to face with the group , but he found himself trotting out the excuse about correcting papers and not noticing the time before anyone had had the chance to comment on his non-attendance . |
| 25 | It was initially for this reason that fieldwork in Andersonstown was delegated to one of the informants , while Harris himself carried out the Braniel study . |
| 26 | Eisenhower himself said much the same a year later . |
| 27 | Darwin himself held back the views he had already formed until 1859 . |
| 28 | ‘ But at a time of rising neo-Nazi sentiment , it is very worrying when Kohl himself rolls out the red carpet for a man like Waldheim . ’ |
| 29 | Now the followers of the cult identify with a son-god like Adonis , Attis or Osiris — not to mention Christ — who in himself comprises both the fixated worshipper of the mother ( Madonna and Child ) and the punished mother herself ( pietà ) . |
| 30 | With his latest southern signings , Harry Kenny and Ray Duffy , arriving after the deadline for Europe , Walker could be forced into a comeback himself to make up the numbers . |