Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of building a case for ourselves we attack the opponent or his case . |
| 2 | Yer told me yerself 'e put the finger on the goin 's on at the Crown . |
| 3 | Ranald fetched his harp , and he sang a story of a great selkie , one of the seal people , who loved a land maiden but warned her that if she took their son away from him , the baby would kill him when he grew up ; but in fear that her child would become a wild selkie himself she stole the baby and reared him inland as a normal man . |
| 4 | If he compiled this piece of information himself we have the right to know how he did it . |
| 5 | The chief smiled and introduced himself He had the bloated appearance of someone who had gained weight too quickly . |
| 6 | Getting back to the golf itself I thought the dovetailing of Seve Ballesteros and Jose-Maria Olazabal during the first two days was absolutely wonderful to see and the David and Goliath partnership of Ian Woosnam and Nick Faldo was superb . |
| 7 | In the novel itself we meet the Russian people , the folk , only once , and then as inflictors of suffering , in Raskolnikov 's half-dream ( which is also half-memory ) of a little mare being tortured and finally clubbed to death by drunken peasants . |
| 8 | It was one of her many advantages that as a professional civil servant herself she understood the constraints of his career . |
| 9 | The flustered Committee did not have the chivalry to accept her terms , so instead of answering questions about herself she pleaded the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination and was discharged . |
| 10 | Somewhere within herself she registered the contempt and forced a husky response : ‘ I hate you ! ’ |
| 11 | Smiling broadly to herself she closed the heavy wooden door behind us and fastened the little chain latch on to a nail on the adjacent door . |
| 12 | To calm herself she scrutinized the evening 's work . |
| 13 | On returning to the ward somewhat shaken myself I made the patient as comfortable as I could and asked to speak to the ward sister , who was fortunately very experienced and prepared to believe what I told her . |
| 14 | Talking as a fan myself I prefer the Oval to Windsor as a venue for atmosphere and pitch quality . |
| 15 | To point to myself I use the pronoun I , to point to ‘ the Party addrest ’ I use Thou . |
| 16 | Although I am a motorist myself I use the car as little as possible , prefering to cycle for all urban journeys . |
| 17 | Well it must be cos I , I put salt on it , I thought myself you got the salt and have some more salt |