Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [prep] another [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already under a probation order for attacking a songwriter the previous year , he found himself on another assault charge . |
| 2 | He helped himself to another brandy and waved the bottle before Herr Nordern 's eyes . |
| 3 | The Brigadier seemed to be thinking furiously as he helped himself to another glass of port . |
| 4 | Today when the four younger boys left for school , Jack helped himself to another cup of tea . |
| 5 | A driver had wrenched himself from another machine and was running back . |
| 6 | The Belgian Government argued in that connection that the limits of articles 52 and 59 were plain : they dealt only with the freedom of any Community national to establish himself in another member state and provide services there while retaining his own nationality . |
| 7 | Consider a rebel stretch of human DNA that is capable of snipping itself out of its chromosome , floating freely in the cell , perhaps multiplying itself up into many copies , and then splicing itself into another chromosome . |
| 8 | He was about to return the compliment by suggesting that she might have lost a little weight when she leaned across and helped herself to another jam tart . |
| 9 | She gave a short , cross laugh , helped herself to another cigarette from the pink and white china box the children were forbidden to touch . |
| 10 | Back with a ragga version of a Beatles song , he 's bracing himself for another savaging , but at least he 's got a hit , he tells TERRY STAUNTON . |
| 11 | He had enough for his day-to-day needs , of course , but he would be hard-pressed to see himself through another month if he was to live in the style befitting a gentleman . |
| 12 | Ross grinned back at her as he leaned forward , helping himself to another slice of chocolate cake . |
| 13 | Cheerful , and unaware of the failures at the southern lock , he urged on young Watson , who steeled himself for another attempt at breaking through the place . |
| 14 | The solicitor detached himself from another group and joined them . |
| 15 | In these occasional pieces , he is revealed as a psychological critic whose apparent ability to immerse himself in another poet 's personality comes close to an act of clairvoyance . |
| 16 | However , where a company establishes itself in another member state all the rules of that member state which Apply to its own nationals apply equally to that company . |
| 17 | She rearranged herself in another pose , her legs curled under her like cat . |
| 18 | So , like Prince Charles and thousands of less well known amateur artists , Kylie now sits at her easel and loses herself in another world . |
| 19 | How all those immigrants and children of immigrants , that the Statue of Liberty , means a great deal to those Americans who whose parents or who came themselves from another country . |
| 20 | ‘ Situations ’ , Elizabeth wrote , ‘ I have sometimes taken from life , as a jumping-off point : but imagining myself into another world , using the eyes of the people I am creating is what my writing has chiefly been about . ’ |
| 21 | Sheila Whelan prepares herself for another day 's work . |
| 22 | Bridget made a sympathetic comment and then went off to busy herself with another chore . |
| 23 | Gee Armytage was yesterday bracing herself for another spell on the sidelines as she recovers from a back injury sustained in the Coral Welsh National . |
| 24 | In arguing this he not only collapses the specificity of consumption but also misrepresents the relationship between the ‘ individual ’ and the ‘ social ’ in Marx 's argument , for it is not for the individual consumer to recognize himself in another individual 's product anyway , but to recognize the socially-imprinted character and meaning of the product … and so to find in it the satisfaction of ‘ need ’ ( ibid : 30 ) . |
| 25 | A stockbroker looking at Vermeer 's ‘ Portrait of a Young Woman at the Met ’ suddenly finds himself alongside another woman whose face resembles the painting . |
| 26 | Had that proposal been acted on , McKusick , CSRG senior programmer and past president of Usenix , would have found himself in another conflict of interests since he is believed to be a secret a director of BSDI . |
| 27 | Suragai 's hands were already scratched and bleeding , and he was cursing quietly in his own tongue as he positioned himself for another rescue attempt . |
| 28 | Meanwhile residents brace themselves for another concert in two weeks time . |
| 29 | I knew that I had to protect myself from another pounding — if I let him into my heart I would be done for . |
| 30 | When times are hard financially , many people feel very anxious at the thought of committing themselves to another baby . |