Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] the " 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 | This kind of argument reads well in Callinicos ' hands , but it is worth reminding ourselves of the unattractive reality to which it bears witness . |
| 3 | It is not worth driving yourself to the major airports in the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | After establishing myself in the team I have only been dropped once , that was by John Duncan and I deserved it . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 … |
| 11 | The men had been dead for at least a week and speculation is mounting that they had suffocated after locking themselves in the container . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | My father , after indulging himself in The Towers , invested what was left in stones . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | By the end of the 1850s the state had an additional reason for addressing itself to the fate of priests . |
| 16 | Francoise has a weakness though — an insatiable appetite for pushing herself to the limits of sporting endeavour in the most stunning natural locations . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Wally was awarded the job for his bravery in receiving extensive brain surgery after years of concussing himself on the crossbar . |
| 19 | Breakfast and lunch is usually a question of helping yourself in the kitchen . |
| 20 | All the other times were just a way of reminding myself of the realities and provoking you at the same time . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In Kingsley 's social novels particularly , the diseases of the poor have a way of transmitting themselves to the other nation by way of their omissions — neglected ponds or the products of tailors ’ sweat-shops . |
| 23 | Mr Battleaxe is in danger of lancing himself in the foot : in the sentence quoted from my letter , he inserts the word ‘ sic ’ — inside curved brackets . |
| 24 | Beware of over-committing yourself to the foot sweep . |
| 25 | In contrast , if you are white , and unless you actually subscribe to racist arguments , you will want to find ways of dissociating yourself from the views expressed here . |
| 26 | Most British people and publications I am acquainted with are quite proud of their command of the English language and engage in quite a lot of patting themselves on the back . |
| 27 | On the other side , men of letters have so few opportunities of applying themselves to the general practice that the rules they lay down , however plausible they may seem in the closet , would often ruin the honest gardener who should venture to follow them . |
| 28 | I laughed , and she said , ‘ Laughing is a way of protecting yourself from the truth . ’ |
| 29 | It 's changed partly because Stalin 's er strategy in China has been shown to be a disaster and Stalin is trying to cover his tracks and most effective way of protecting himself against the criticism and the unpopularity which is likely to come from the failure is by insisting that the strategy was right all along and the revolution is about to triumph . |
| 30 | ONE type of wild potato has developed a novel way of protecting itself from the ravages of aphids — by producing the chemical that aphids themselves use as an alarm signal . |