Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [adv] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can not hope to compete with the big stores for plain , cheap knitwear — they can buy their yarn at much better prices than we can and when we add costing for our time we price ourselves out of the market . |
| 2 | We had to do something to get ourselves out of the situation . |
| 3 | Piggott , 57 , gave himself much of the credit for the victory , cheekily telling trainer Richard Hannon : ‘ I rode a brilliant race , did n't I. ’ |
| 4 | To hold the regime together , and maintain himself at its head , he manoeuvred not only to maximize his chances of material and territorial satisfaction , but also to avoid alienating from himself any of the factions within his regime , while , at the same time , bolstering his own hegemony by ensuring the persistence of competition between them . |
| 5 | Yet the first step had been taken , and an inexpressible sadness closed in upon him , as if he had stripped himself wantonly of the children who were his own flesh . |
| 6 | He 's been making himself part of the England scene by acting as spy for some time now as already noted on the list . |
| 7 | What did bother her was the realisation that very soon Luke could find himself part of the same mess . |
| 8 | And all was well , as everyone could see when big , proud , handsome and scatty-but-obedient Moby launched himself out of the car ( on command , of course ! ) for the video cover photo call . |
| 9 | We recall that in the notebooks Dostoevsky has Raskolnikov reflect upon his crime and declare he had to commit it to achieve moral development and get himself out of the mess he was in . |
| 10 | As well take to kissing Bruce Davidson good-night , he told himself , and got himself out of the door on this thought . |
| 11 | He grasped the forestay in both hands as high up as he could reach and drew himself out of the water and on to the forward hull beam as smoothly as a dolphin breaking for air . |
| 12 | Eventually , Joicey cornered him , and in desperation , the keeper threw himself out of the nearest open window ; landing ten feet below , with a badly sprained arm and sore head . |
| 13 | said Billy , and heaved himself out of the chair with difficulty . |
| 14 | Mansell managed to negotiate himself out of the best car in Formula One , despite winning the world championship for the first time . |
| 15 | Will the criminal have to climb down from the roof ( in which case he ca n't take a lot with him ) , or can he go downstairs and let himself out of the house ? |
| 16 | He again eased himself out of the narrow space of the breakfast nook and went over to the kitchen counter , looked at the parcel and looked at his wife , who was now almost hysterical : He decided that he must be courageous and investigate , so he unwound the paper towels , picked up the books one by one and read their titles . |
| 17 | The much-travelled Allison , 65 , coaching consultant and now caretaker-manager of Division One 's bottom club , immediately ruled himself out of the job full-time . |
| 18 | Argyle player-manager Shilton ruled himself out of the hiding-to-nothing trip with a groin strain . |
| 19 | Whittingham joined Pompey four years ago after buying himself out of the Army for £450 . |
| 20 | He made nothing for himself out of the plunder of the Church lands . |
| 21 | He let himself out of the front door and when he was beyond the shelter of the porch he felt the sting of rain on his cheeks . |
| 22 | Erlich let himself out of the room . |
| 23 | Daniel levered himself out of the sofa and stood up . |
| 24 | Duncan let himself out of the car as Myeloski walked round to him . |
| 25 | The Major eased himself out of the saddle , slid heavily to the ground , and tied his horse to the inn 's signpost . |
| 26 | Now , flinching at the soreness in his thighs , he eased himself out of the saddle . |
| 27 | And a much more substantial prospect is to be found in continental Europe , where the German worker is assiduously pricing himself out of the market — and far from the Ossies pricing themselves into jobs lost by the Wessies , the former East Germans are insisting on even more uneconomic wages in relation to their skills and capabilities . |
| 28 | Ca n't be certain , but it looks as if Allied Signal Corp chief executive Lawrence Bossidy has ruled himself out of the running for the top job at IBM Corp : he says that although he is ‘ flattered to be mentioned as a candidate for chairman of another company , I intend to remain at Allied-Signal to complete the job I came here to do . ’ |
| 29 | Morton Meyerson , head of Perot Systems Corp , appears to have ruled himself out of the vacant post atop IBM Corp according to the New York Times : it reckons that RJR Nabisco Inc chief Louis Gerstner , who does not have a computer industry background , is now the only front-runner not to have ruled himself out . |
| 30 | Then , looking at the man as if he was so much dirt , he let himself out of the front door . |