Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pn reflx] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 After gorging itself it would lie down and go into a digestive torpor , and could alternately eat and doze over a period of several weeks .
2 You must avoid negative study habits — like telling yourself you 'll begin that essay when you 've taken notes from one more book .
3 Without committing themselves they would be able to test out some of their newest toys — ’
4 To shorten the odds on reproducing itself it must produce a significant crop of attractive fruit , but it can not do this without the framework on which to hang and parade its wares .
5 Readers may like to think about the sort of policy interactions involved by asking themselves what would be the effects upon social life and social policy of the reintroduction of a two-year period of compulsory national service .
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