Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] and [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The partner concerned will need to develop control systems to enable him to monitor progress and to satisfy himself about quality control and supervision . |
| 2 | Perhaps a little fantasy was just what she needed , she decided , mentally preparing to suspend disbelief and abandon herself to whatever awaited her . |
| 3 | He hated the vulgarity of showing off the delegates as though they were exhibits , and the insincerity of pretending that platitudes were pronouncements of world-shaking import , and the feeling that he came a long way to greet fellow-Christians and found himself turned into a ham-actor on a second-rate stage . |
| 4 | Is that not one of the distinguishing characteristics of an institution of higher education , that its staff do , by and large , conduct research and feel themselves under an obligation to do so ? |
| 5 | Finally , I did the laundry , cleaned the eating and cooking utensils and washed myself . |
| 6 | He struggles , turning round as he sinks deeper , chunks and edges of ice rearing into the air and making little puffs and fountains of snow as he tries to find purchase and push himself out . |
| 7 | This year he could help Middlesex win trophies and establish himself in England 's Test side . |
| 8 | Already some teachers have thought and acted upon ingenious schemes to increase membership and to make ourselves more financially self-supporting . |
| 9 | He also frisked drunks and got himself arrested on a vagrancy charge . |
| 10 | Try the following movements to increase awareness and help yourself . |
| 11 | He had little success , however , in his efforts to persuade the Dutch that Sukarno was a man with whom they could do business and found himself a reluctant pig in the middle , reviled by one side as a fascist imperialist and by the other as an irresponsible revolutionary . |
| 12 | This is the only system that allows us to readily identify strangers and protect ourselves and our company . ’ |
| 13 | He had the expatriate knack of being lent things and getting himself looked after on his return to the native land , and as they talked it became apparent that we were to be entertained to lunch by the gallery owner . |
| 14 | The point about the story of Abraham , which is a key paradigm in Galatians , is that he obeyed God and committed himself , his family and his future to God . |
| 15 | But Chauntecleer slips and gives himself away : and the Miller does not . |
| 16 | Friends literally reason together in order to organise experience and to define themselves as persons . |
| 17 | it faces up to discuss timing and nerving oneself to sketch in public places . |
| 18 | His foot slipped and he grasped at a piece of jutting tile and dragged himself back to safety . |
| 19 | There was a full bottle of wine left , so we got glasses and helped ourselves . |
| 20 | Through his competence in sport , he was able to leave Richmond and establish himself as something of a sporting celebrity in Europe and England where , according to Edwin Henderson , he came to know , among others , Lord Byron ( 1949 , p. 16 ) . |
| 21 | Leaving aside our personal addiction , we have acknowledged ( as parents ) the convenience it represents as an electronic nanny ; also the entertainment it provides ( leaving precious time for parents to do chores and entertain themselves ) . |
| 22 | Drivers are noted egotists and pride themselves on being hard men who are in a given place to race and the devil take the hindmost . |
| 23 | It was also used by the armies of the eastern emperor , Theodosius , when he marched through the Balkans in AD 394 to overthrow Eugenius and make himself master of both eastern and western empires . |
| 24 | Rather than reinventing the ‘ virtual classroom ’ , may I suggest the staff at Teesside Poly could have contacted CECOMM and availed themselves of our tutor-moderated training programme , and in the process saved themselves considerable time and angst . |
| 25 | They have to be taught to respect others and to respect themselves . |
| 26 | In other UDC areas local authorities and UDC Boards are working together to ensure that there is some balance to redevelopment , and officials are making great efforts to reassure residents and distance themselves from the LDDC experience . |
| 27 | The Last of England breaks taboos and frees itself of hypocrisy . |
| 28 | The alchemist would burn incense and douse himself in specially prepared perfumes before carrying out his experiments . |
| 29 | So how much you need to clear rent and see yourself past next month ? ’ |
| 30 | It 's great to see those guys out here , giving pleasure and enjoying themselves at the same time . |