Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd rather throw herself to the lions … |
| 2 | They rushed out into Regent 's Park — out of earshot — and Simon told her , yes of course he was forcing her hand , it was blackmail : he did love her so , she was the right one for him and he 'd take her tomorrow on five hundred pounds , if someone would lend them to him , and he did rather fancy himself as a married man at twenty-one . |
| 3 | Lord Wilberforce 's statement in Tameside , that the decision-maker should properly direct himself to the facts , provides a good example of one aspect of factual review which would allow the courts great latitude for substituting their view for that of the decision-maker . |
| 4 | The British Museum had better prepare itself for the worst . |
| 5 | A system where the user presses a series of buttons without thought and gets exactly what he needs ( rather than what he at that stage thinks he wants ) is efficient but not entirely educational , any more than one so difficult that the user could only throw himself at the mercy of the person sitting at the reader 's adviser desk . |
| 6 | If only he believed in her , could n't they together submerge themselves in the waters of Eden and be renewed for all time ? |
| 7 | That individuals prosecuted for sodomy did not necessarily identify themselves with the demonized sodomite of official discourse also lends credence to Foucault 's distinction between sodomy as a kind of behaviour , and homosexuality as a modern identity . |
| 8 | I can only see myself as a conversation piece , worth more as gossip than a fuck . |
| 9 | Was this a habit he had grown into over the years or had he always been like this , turning his wife into an invalid before there was any real need , a man who could only see himself in a solicitous relationship with other people ? |
| 10 | I saw that there was not even a ripple of low pressure off to the east , which was the reassurance I wanted , for a depression to the east could swiftly twist itself into a full-blooded storm . |
| 11 | It horrified her to think how foolish she had been and she could only excuse herself on the grounds that she had suffered some kind of fit . |
| 12 | The world is littered with communities which believe that if they could only separate themselves from the world , they would escape the consequences of original sin . |
| 13 | Derrida argues that though history is given the form of a totality by Hegel , his Aufhebung shows that in order to achieve that totality it must constantly transcend itself in a movement of excess . |
| 14 | But the ancestral organs did not literally change themselves into the descendant organs , like swords being beaten into ploughshares . |
| 15 | Without that South African link , Zimbabwe 's rugby , and even that of Namibia , should they shun their former ‘ ruler ’ for long , would only drag itself into the doldrums . |
| 16 | Shadows enable light to manifest itself and give it objective reality , just as wisdom can only manifest itself in the face of ignorance . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , the party could not entirely dissociate itself from the events which led to the formation of the National government , even if the chief villains , as far as it was concerned , were now in political opposition . |
| 18 | ‘ You had better get yourself into the washhouse and clean yourself up , ’ she said , ‘ I am going round to the Post Office and let Sid Watkins know . ’ |
| 19 | You 'd better get yourself on a plane tomorrow morning and get it … ! ’ |
| 20 | The records management staff could no longer only involve themselves in the review of paper records they should also safeguard electronic records from inappropriate destruction . |
| 21 | And by this means , perhaps , by being ambitious or ‘ miriad-minded ’ , I can perhaps address myself to the nature of this foulness : how can a man do such a thing ? |
| 22 | And if the deceased director owned a majority shareholding , the surviving directors could suddenly find themselves with a new boss . |
| 23 | Most dogs come from warm , dry , quiet houses and to suddenly find themselves in a noisy , cold , wet concrete kennels is unkind . |
| 24 | However wise and fairminded we are , anyone can suddenly find themselves in a fight for which they 've never bargained . |
| 25 | Whilst sailing in surf you should always keep an eye out for these sets since if you do n't you may suddenly find yourself amongst the larger waves whose ‘ rinse cycles ’ are considerably more vigorous than that of a washing machine . |
| 26 | The sanction imposed is real and effective since it satisfied all three conditions required by Community law ; it is adequate in relation to the damage sustained by the claimant , since the claimant is put in the position in which she would have been had the discriminatory refusal to hire her not occurred , both as concerns the post of employment and the income therefrom ; it has a real deterrent effect on the defendant bank who will not only have to pay the amount of about seven years ' monthly salary , plus interest , but will furthermore find itself with an additional employee ( the claimant and the man hired in her stead ) ; it is the same sanction as the one imposed for any other illegal refusal to hire . |
| 27 | The point of this fracture between regulation broken and its consequences is that it facilitates corporate crime ; executives need only concern themselves with the likelihood of being leniently punished for breaking regulations , whilst ignoring its consequences for the law does not concern itself with the consequences either . |
| 28 | At the present time the Tribunal may only concern itself with the modification and discharge of restrictive covenants , therefore only the restrictive obligations contained in the agreement . |
| 29 | Enter our simple competition and you could not only find yourself with the answer to all your bedroom storage needs , but also regain an extra , usable room . |
| 30 | She insisted she would only address herself to the managers . |