Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the old man was finished we trooped aboard and settled ourselves on to the wet seats . |
| 2 | We must apply ourselves right to the end of games . ’ |
| 3 | While the adults sat on their forms we sat ourselves down on an assortment of broken chairs borrowed from the neighbours . |
| 4 | We settle ourselves down in a First Class cabin , lay our delicacies out on the table , open some wine and champagne , set the crayfish on to plates that do n't look paper , and eat , drink and devour vast quantities of pâté , hors d'oeuvre and champagne . |
| 5 | There were areas in the Carpathians , in the Balkans , in the western marches of Russia , in Scandinavia and Spain — to confine ourselves only to the most developed continent — where the world economy , and hence the rest of the modern world , material or mental , meant little enough . |
| 6 | In fact he confirmed it so strongly that we had pulled ourselves together for a few days . |
| 7 | We also found ourselves together in the middle of the LA riots — two days of mayhem without a cop in sight — so I guess that brought us closer together ! |
| 8 | Even in the situation that we find ourselves in with the Maxwell Pension situation , where we find that the the erm Trust Law did n't prevent the things from happening which did happen . |
| 9 | And of entrusting ourselves in to the power of his mercy . |
| 10 | We do n't know what he 's like yet — would n't it be better to ask him for an odd Sunday first before we let ourselves in for a course of sermons ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You 've got Connah 's Quay , Flint , Holywell and Mold all within about 12 miles of each other , as well as ourselves just up the road , ’ says Jones . |
| 12 | Positioning ourselves just inside the sheltering arm , outside which we could see an alarming amount of white water , we awaited his signal . |
| 13 | Oh yes , I was told , providing we did n't mind tucking ourselves away in a converted cow shed . |
| 14 | The further we expand the adult the further we take ourselves away from the fears of our primitive self . |
| 15 | Rule-following as a practice must therefore be able to carry on without anything to support it , and we must attempt to wean ourselves away from the feeling of vertigo which is engendered by our recognition of the lack of support . |
| 16 | But we still went on enjoying ourselves immensely for the officers handed us chocolates and were very kind . |
| 17 | Jack , Willy , Rex and I took ourselves off to the Lamb Inn for lunch and put away as much ale and steak and kidney pie as four young men could desire . |
| 18 | Christmases were wonderful and greatly looked forward to by us both , but they were also tiring , and in early January , when all danger of further jollity from New Year had receded , we took ourselves off for a couple of days . |
| 19 | Why then cut ourselves off from the one source in which may be found an authoritative statement of the intention with which the legislation is placed before Parliament ? |
| 20 | And I suppose we 'd better go and asphyxiate ourselves up at the sulphur springs . |
| 21 | But they have got to be able to say : ‘ We will open ourselves up to a change agent ’ … and change is painful . ’ |
| 22 | But they have got to be able to say : ‘ We will open ourselves up to a change agent ’ … and change is painful . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Well , we certainly thought we were climbing , the wife and me , you know with all that pulling ourselves up over the rock and all , and what with the fact we were , well , in a manner of speaking , how can I put this , em , climbing up to the top . ’ |
| 24 | We climbed onto it , put our arms into the shaft of sunlight , grasped the upper edges of the hole and , one by one , hauled ourselves up through a manhole into another street . |
| 25 | There is no need for us to act like hedgehogs , eating all that we can to fill ourselves up for the coming months . |
| 26 | We went our separate ways , both recognizing that we had to psych ourselves up for the race . |
| 27 | Let us tuck ourselves up in the light and warmth , and hide away from the night . " |
| 28 | But this merely brings back the idea of particulars as distinct from qualities or ( mere ) configurations of qualities , and we find ourselves up against the very difficulties the theory was trying to eliminate . |
| 29 | Are the systems in the this ourselves now on the responsibility of the sample videos that are now running smoothly . |
| 30 | Yes , jealousy is futile , but so often we can not rid ourselves of its components and reason ourselves back to a state of equilibrium . |