Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [pn reflx] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if you are confident of your ability to manage a compost heap so that it becomes hot enough to cleanse itself of disease spores , there remains the risk of the subsequent compost matter containing thorns which are extremely resistant to decomposition . |
| 2 | Perhaps to keep herself in countenance she opened her notebook although he knew that she would not refer to it . |
| 3 | The anxiety that I will be caught out on the hustings by a clever swine in a corduroy jacket asking ‘ What is the current rate of child benefit ? ’ is one which is shared by all those rash enough to offer themselves for election . |
| 4 | One lesson Athens had learnt , not to overreach herself with warfare in two theatres . |
| 5 | ‘ He said to tell you he was working hard on the unknown numbers , and you are not to put yourself in danger of arrest . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ When I talk to people about how best to protect themselves from attack I always tell them that if they can turn that surprise back on to the attacker they have a better chance of making an escape . |
| 7 | This newly created honourary office carried with it ex officio membership of the executive committee so that , it was hoped Ayliffe 's years of experience would not be wholly lost to the Association by his decision not to offer himself for reelection as President . |
| 8 | he has for the aforesaid common good and defence of the realm ordained that as clerks ought not to defend themselves by force of arms , the third part of the present year 's temporalities of prelates and clerks and all persons of holy church , religious and other is to be seized . |
| 9 | Thus he seems to be arguing from within a position which holds that aggression is an innate attribute of sufficient strength that it needs to be redirected in some way for it not to manifest itself in interhuman relations . |
| 10 | When a government uses repressive secrecy laws more to protect itself from criticism than to protect the nation from foreign danger , then political citizenship is abridged . |
| 11 | Her eyelids fluttered and she went deathly white , but she fought back the dizzying sensation , her hands coming up to brace herself against fitzAlan 's chest while the world righted itself . |
| 12 | J. was blown off his bicycle by the force of one explosion , while cycling from one aircraft to another , and woke up to find himself in hospital with concussion . |
| 13 | Detailed police forensic work uncovered how the two young women — best friends on a holiday together — fought frantically to save themselves from slaughter . |
| 14 | One issue deserving of attention if only because of the importance it assumes in the United States implementation literatures is the ‘ special ’ agency set up to concern itself with policy making and implementation in a specifically limited policy field . |
| 15 | He originally studied law , before dropping out to devote himself to film criticism and assistant direction on films . |
| 16 | Swindon Town 's run of success nearly came to a stop at Luton on Wednesday night … you must have heard that favourite football cliche about there never being an easy game … it was one of those for Town … they missed Glenn Hoddle 's influence and never settled against a Luton side that need the points just as badly to save themselves from relegation … |
| 17 | And it is for us surely to open ourselves without prejudice to the shape that it will take in the future . |
| 18 | The Bible tells us how to conduct ourselves in relation to God and to our fellow men . |
| 19 | And he put his sons to read , that they might be of the better understanding , and he made them take arms , and be shown how to demean themselves in battle , and to be huntsmen . |
| 20 | It 's also worth visiting your GP for advice on healthy eating and how to wean yourself off nicotine . |
| 21 | In 20 years only one company with an investment-grade rating from Moody 's has defaulted on long-term debt — Manville , a single-A company that went bankrupt voluntarily to protect itself from asbestosis lawsuits . |
| 22 | Out of an audience of some three hundred miners and clerks , one hundred and thirty came forward to pledge themselves for purity . |
| 23 | Brenda could n't manage a smile , but she shut her lips tight to keep herself from crying — which the Brownie Guider noticed , although she did n't show that she had . |