Example sentences of "[pn reflx] and [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began experimenting with other drugs in use at the time and , using his extensive knowledge of botany , he investigated the effects of a number of medicinal plants , both on himself and on a small circle of friends and pupils . |
| 2 | The author met the leopard a couple of days later on a forest track looking very sorry for himself and with a broken tail ! |
| 3 | She goes up to him and tells him to stuff himself and in a flat half-minute he 's belting the old lorry up the London road . |
| 4 | The American film industry took on a more highly integrated personality and its package of entertainment now universally referred to as ‘ Hollywood ’ moved into a position of cultural dominance in America itself and into a position not far short of that in other English-speaking countries . |
| 5 | But as society developed , men began to take control of the world and felt their separation from it ; instead of seeing themselves as deeply identified with their environment , people became aware of the personality as perspicacious to itself and as a unique , distinct entity . |
| 6 | The prevention of unjust enrichment underlies the confiscation legislation both as a moral or ethical justification in itself and as a deterrent to further illegal activity . |
| 7 | In this latter case , we are considering a form of videoconferencing and there seems little doubt that desktop , dial-up videoconferencing is going to become a major area of growth both as an application in itself and as a component of other multimedia applications . |
| 8 | The morning was taken up by the competition itself and after a good lunch in the Clubhouse , a fun game was organised in the afternoon . |
| 9 | In five of the six companies the environmental issues are determined mainly by the planners within the planning department itself and in a totally informal way . |
| 10 | Being gay for me meant identifying with people who were of a similar age to myself and with a particular way of dressing . |
| 11 | Oats and potatoes are grown for themselves and for a few cattle . |
| 12 | It seems clear that , no matter how those at risk may be identified and quantified , social workers will , in practice , increasingly want to ensure that their actions are directed by legislative requirements , both as protection for themselves and as a means of pointing to at least some external criteria for the validity of the protective actions taken in respect of children . |
| 13 | Again , like many other therapies , questions will be asked to give an overall picture of yourself and after a consultation a remedy may be given . |