Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Logocentrism is the term he uses to describe all forms of thought which base themselves on some external point of reference , such as the notion of truth . |
| 2 | Uninterested in material things , and conspicuously more at home in jungles than in drawing rooms , he possessed a sweet distinction of bearing which impressed itself on all who met him . |
| 3 | Even those who prided themselves on liberal views found it hard not to score points off the Germans , including refugee Germans . |
| 4 | She lifted herself on one elbow to peer at the clock behind him . |
| 5 | She raised herself on one elbow , blinking her eyes , trying to see in the darkness . |
| 6 | She raised herself on one elbow , so that she could look down on his face . |
| 7 | The smaller of these , some 1,300 strong , headed by Gen Shandruk himself and Gen Freytag ( who shot himself on 11 May ) , travelled from Judenburg into the US Zone of Austria . |
| 8 | The only one who spoke to me about it was a police officer when I was in the police station : ‘ Why is a young girl like you destroying yourself on this stuff . ’ |
| 9 | Integrated Programmes — we pride ourselves on developing programmes which integrate management development with the achievement of business objectives as well as achieving an integrated design within the programme itself . |
| 10 | The Larrikins , who can be traced back to 1870 in Australia , were also organised into local gangs or ‘ pushes ’ , and even allowing for exaggeration and over-involvement ( we need not readily accept , for example , that they gorged themselves on raw meat or rigged elections by terrorising voters , as was sometimes alleged ) their behaviour was unbeatably appalling . |
| 11 | It prides itself on this fact and points out in its brochure that while a large group can offer a wide range of services ‘ many of which you are unlikely to want … its investment managers suffer from real problems and conflicts of interest : supporting in-house issues , buying in-house unit trusts , helping its market makers and churning portfolios ’ . |
| 12 | Already under a probation order for attacking a songwriter the previous year , he found himself on another assault charge . |
| 13 | he models himself on Dirty Den |
| 14 | Mr Creme believes Christ has already come again — came a few years ago actually — and is now residing in the Asian community in London , waiting for a more receptive attitude from the press before He shows Himself on worldwide television , when ‘ He wo n't actually speak , but His thoughts , His ideas , His call to humanity , will take place silently , telepathically . ’ |
| 15 | I am sorry , but the Prime Minister — I am sure without any intention — is not right about the way that he expressed himself on that point . |
| 16 | He raised himself on one elbow and gingerly felt around his feet . |
| 17 | Yeah , he catches himself on all sorts of things . |
| 18 | While they scavenged rotten vegetables from the rubbish tip , he gorged himself on imported delicacies . |