Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reserve , the indifference and the blasé outlook which urbanites manifest in their relationships may thus be regarded as devices for immunizing themselves against the personal claims and expectations of others . |
| 2 | It will achieve this not through seeing itself as a piece of concrete , proprietary estate , as an end in itself ; rather it is a moving organisation for progress , existing for its future not its present , and achieving its future , and so fulfilling its raison d'etre , in aspiration for , and achievement of , improvement . |
| 3 | This kind of argument reads well in Callinicos ' hands , but it is worth reminding ourselves of the unattractive reality to which it bears witness . |
| 4 | For days he 'd been in the blackest of moods , furious with her for wasting herself on a man old enough to be her father , and even more furious with himself for not having taken her forcefully after that Christmas evening when he 'd known her feelings were as inflamed as his own . |
| 5 | It is not worth driving yourself to the major airports in the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | To explain the-timidity of these people , we need look no further than the example of Arthur Jensen , who , after devoting himself to the study of educationally significant individual differences , is declared by the press to be an advocate of segregated schooling for ‘ poor and black children ’ . |
| 7 | AFTER seeing herself in a video , , receptionist at South East regional office at Burston , decided it was time to lose weight . |
| 8 | Tracey Cole , 18 , was found in her room at Oxford 's Lady Margaret Hall , after hanging herself with a dressing gown cord . |
| 9 | After establishing myself in the team I have only been dropped once , that was by John Duncan and I deserved it . ’ |
| 10 | Redknapp , son of West Ham assistant boss Harry , has forced his way on to the England scene after establishing himself in the Liverpool side this season . |
| 11 | CHESTER 'S former town crier was continuing his recovery in hospital yesterday after turning himself into a human fireball last week . |
| 12 | Afterwards Leconte , who only resumed training a week ago after injuring himself in the Paris Open , admitted he was surprised at the way Ferreira had fallen to pieces . |
| 13 | Its real mother will have to be put down after injuring herself during the birth , and the owners fear this could leave the young Arabian horse without the vital care it needs . |
| 14 | And this , after spending themselves to the last ounce , only within the last three weeks , and being greeted everywhere with roaring crowds and cheering streets and the appearance of universal applause and approbation . |
| 15 | We soon reached an Inn at a place called Hardraw , and descending from our vehicles , after warming ourselves by the cottage fire we walked up the brook side to take a view of a third waterfall … |
| 16 | The men had been dead for at least a week and speculation is mounting that they had suffocated after locking themselves in the container . |
| 17 | A SEX pest who stalked TV weathergirl Ulrika Jonsson died after throwing himself under an express train , it was revealed last night . |
| 18 | In his turn , Tran Van Hieu knelt to perform the same silent acts of obeisance as the older man , but after prostrating himself for the third time , he remained on his knees and to his children 's surprise began to pray aloud . |
| 19 | My father , after indulging himself in The Towers , invested what was left in stones . |
| 20 | In 1862 the regime was hesitant about addressing itself to the broad governmental and social implications of the emancipation of the serfs , but new developments in the military and fiscal spheres signalled that its enthusiasm for reform was returning . |
| 21 | By the end of the 1850s the state had an additional reason for addressing itself to the fate of priests . |
| 22 | Francoise has a weakness though — an insatiable appetite for pushing herself to the limits of sporting endeavour in the most stunning natural locations . |
| 23 | As the previous chapter shows , the development officers were rarely involved at all with those clients if they were in the action samples ; since in no real sense could they be said to have had the opportunity of availing themselves of the action project , they are omitted ( in both action and control samples ) from most of the following analysis . |
| 24 | Wally was awarded the job for his bravery in receiving extensive brain surgery after years of concussing himself on the crossbar . |
| 25 | Breakfast and lunch is usually a question of helping yourself in the kitchen . |
| 26 | All the other times were just a way of reminding myself of the realities and provoking you at the same time . |
| 27 | It is often possible , then , to understand and so overcome spelling errors , once you understand why you are making an error and can work out a way of reminding yourself of the correct form . |
| 28 | For the rest of us , coming to terms with our grey hair and living with it may be a practical way of encouraging us to come to terms with our chronological age and of easing ourselves into a new age group . |
| 29 | It is up to social workers and the legal system to find ways of supporting rather than hindering parents and children in the difficult task of building themselves into a new family . |
| 30 | They are not capable of organizing themselves in a directional , creative manner . |