Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] of [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I caught sight of myself in the peeling mirror : long thin legs , blue from the cold , clashing with the bright pink mini-dress which began at my neck and finished at my knickers . |
| 2 | I caught sight of myself in the peeling mirror : long thin legs , blue from the cold clashing with the bright pink mini-dress which began at my neck and finished at my knicker legs … |
| 3 | I caught sight of myself in the mirror . ’ |
| 4 | I caught sight of myself in that reflected window world that you can only see when it 's dark outside . |
| 5 | Molly caught sight of herself in the mirror , standing beside her daughter . |
| 6 | As Blanche snatched up the telephone and listened to the reassuring hum of the dialling tone , she caught sight of herself in the mirror on the wall : the shimmer of sweat on her forehead , eyes wild , face haggard and pale , hair stormy and unkempt , knuckles bruised and sore . |
| 7 | As she dried , she caught sight of herself in the mirror . |
| 8 | As she went out she caught sight of herself in the mirror at the back of the counter . |
| 9 | She caught sight of herself in a long gilt mirror and smoothed her fair hair . |
| 10 | On the other hand , the mere fact that money is paid under protest will not give rise of itself to the inference of such an agreement ; though it may form part of the evidence from which it may be inferred that the payee did not intend to close the transaction : see Maskell v. Horner [ 1915 ] 3 K.B . |
| 11 | You put part of yourself into your housing , do n't you ? |
| 12 | The reasons for our mortality become obvious as soon as we stop thinking of ourselves as individuals . |
| 13 | His reading was hesitant owing to a stammer that tied his tongue whenever he was expected to give account of himself before the rest of the class . |
| 14 | She knew , of course , that men were driven by lusts of the flesh , desires that they satisfied with little or no regard for the females they wanted , but , strangely enough , she would not have considered fitzAlan to be a man to lose control of himself for that reason . |
| 15 | Thinking — cognisance — is , however , not a matter of being in one mental state or another , or of flashing through a sequence of mental states : it is having conception of oneself as an experiencer of an external world , an experiencer who has the freedom to perform cognisant acts . |
| 16 | She 'd be sluicing her face down with cold water , I assumed , vowing never again to drink so much that she lost control of herself in such an embarrassing , such an appallingly dangerous and potentially disastrous way . |
| 17 | There were many complaints about the number of people registering for charity , and the Burgesses ordered that ‘ in future no stranger , journeyman or servant , single or married should remain in the borough longer than six days without giving account of himself to the Mayor ’ . |
| 18 | Presumably , it was felt that businessmen could take care of themselves in this area , and the fact that such clauses are not in common use in business contracts seems to bear this out . |
| 19 | ‘ They 've just decided Pat can now take care of himself in the outside world . |
| 20 | Some viruses can be so vicious that if you do not take care of yourself for a couple of days when you first fall ill you could spend three weeks or more under par . |
| 21 | ‘ I am twenty-four , independent , I have my own flat , my own business , and I think I can take care of myself for a couple of weeks on a small , friendly Mediterranean island , thanks very much ! |
| 22 | After her brief confrontation with Romano de Sciorto she was trembling all over , she registered dimly , catching sight of herself in an ornate Venetian mirror on the wall . |
| 23 | Catching sight of herself in a wall mirror , Loretta closed her mouth and waited for Bridget to go on . |
| 24 | Catching sight of herself in one of the long gilt-framed mirrors , she decided all she needed was a parrot on her shoulder . |
| 25 | Catching sight of herself in a full-length , cane-framed mirror on the wall , she paused , a sick feeling growing inside her , and she groaned . |
| 26 | Catching sight of herself in the long wall-mirror as she pulled a peach-coloured , button-necked nightshirt over her head , she found herself wondering what Guy was doing . |
| 27 | His father also took holy orders while Hilbert , practising as a solicitor in Ipswich , took care of himself by marrying a rich woman . |
| 28 | A high-rise block of flats had been clamped down on a street that did not think well of itself at the best of times . |
| 29 | The student is now ready to add part of himself to his fighting capabilities . |
| 30 | I 've taken care of myself over the years : I hope it shows . ’ |