Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
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 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Genet reinscribes himself within the violent hierarchies of his oppression , installing himself there relentlessly to invert and pervert them . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Jay had taken up situationist sculpture , and eased herself half upright to look at yesterday evening 's achievement . |
11 | She promised herself never again to disturb the peace of this man 's life . |
12 | The war in Poland raged tragically , but even the French had pulled themselves together sufficiently to coin triumphalist slogans about their might and will . |
13 | 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 . |