Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , you know it 's saying that motherhood is a good thing , but let's not exert ourselves too greatly to do anything about it . |
| 2 | Then , his eyes shadowed and unreadable , he lowered himself slowly down to kiss her hot , upturned face , to smooth the rumpled blonde hair back from her forehead . |
| 3 | The real mystery about his story is not why two wives refused to make love to him , but how he stopped talking about himself long enough to invite them to bed in the first place . |
| 4 | He 'd hear the engine starting , of course , but , by the time he 'd got himself together enough to do anything about it , she should at least have a head start . |
| 5 | Under Clifford , Palmer bided his time , keeping to himself his misgivings about the governor 's achievements in centralization , and exerting himself openly only to oppose Clifford 's proposal that lawyers should be allowed to plead in the provincial courts , thereby unacceptably diluting what had been under Lugard the Resident 's almost unrestricted jurisdiction over them . |
| 6 | With that Geoffrey promptly put the Panama back over his eyes and muttered himself nearly back to sleep again . |
| 7 | Genet reinscribes himself within the violent hierarchies of his oppression , installing himself there relentlessly to invert and pervert them . |
| 8 | It was not until they had rounded a bend in the road , and the echoes of Master Thomas 's good wishes had long since died away , that Isabel managed to pull herself together enough to recall her resolution to put fitzAlan at a safe distance — and keep him there . |
| 9 | She loved herself enough not to permit herself to go on suffering , and she loved me more than life . |
| 10 | ‘ Good morning , Mr Massingham , ’ she pulled herself sharply together to greet him , if her smile had faded then hoping at least to keep pleasant and civil . |
| 11 | Other women might be able to cope with an affair that was based on passion and nothing else , but she knew herself well enough to realise she could only be permanently scarred by such an involvement . |
| 12 | She knew herself well enough to know that if he challenged her account in the latter mode she 'd almost certainly lose her temper with him , and then the atmosphere between them , which had been ( with the exception of his overtures ) so easy and undemanding , would be spoiled . |
| 13 | Jay had taken up situationist sculpture , and eased herself half upright to look at yesterday evening 's achievement . |
| 14 | She promised herself never again to disturb the peace of this man 's life . |
| 15 | The war in Poland raged tragically , but even the French had pulled themselves together sufficiently to coin triumphalist slogans about their might and will . |
| 16 | No move was ever made to introduce flexible or partial retirement which would allow older people to reduce the amount of work they did and to choose for themselves finally when to retire . |
| 17 | As the police in both countries in recent years have relied increasingly on notions of professionalism to defend themselves against political attack , so police organizations have asserted themselves more publicly to promote not only their own organization , but also particular policies regarding law and order which they deem to be necessary . |