Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After an evening of work here , she felt she must look like a cod or haddock herself with dull eyes and open mouth . |
| 2 | Franca could not answer these questions or interest herself in such formulations . |
| 3 | It may be worth noting that Heath himself in another article extends his time-scale further back to include the reforms of the first decade of the twentieth century . |
| 4 | Because in plasma cGMP has a longer half-life ( 15 min ) than ANP ( 1–2 min ) , cGMP can be regarded as a more sensitive marker for ANP release than ANP itself in many situations . |
| 5 | GE scours the world for companies which are better than GE itself at some specific aspect of business and then asks to pick their brains . |
| 6 | Mortimer 's estates were taken into the king 's hands , but , in contrast to his father in 1322 and Mortimer himself in 1327 , Edward did not immediately use the confiscated lands to underpin the power of another group of favourites . |
| 7 | ‘ I like to sit and sun myself in these spots , ’ said the Bookman . |
| 8 | The bell-lamp in the passage looked as clear as a soap-bubble ; you could see yourself in all the tables , and French-polish yourself on any one of the chairs . |
| 9 | Goody and Watt , and Goody himself in later developments of these ideas , lay great store on the example of classical Greece . |
| 10 | Rather than launch into these discussions with yet another set of theories , the aim of teaching in the New Testament department is to help students to go back to the verses and passages themselves for new insights and new understanding . |
| 11 | Cregar might lounge in silk pajamas and stuff himself with Parisian chocolates , but he was still a supporting heavy , a cringing underling who 'd never last at the top of the criminal tree . |
| 12 | I fail to see why I should stay and subject myself to any more of your murderous mood . ’ |
| 13 | In 1989 he was tipped to succeed Mr King when Mr Brooke was appointed , and despite his disappointment then has continued to covet the job and interest himself in Irish affairs . |
| 14 | Not only were lines built to tap it , not only did almost every station become a distribution centre in all those areas where the fossil fuel was vital for domestic and industrial use , but trains themselves in many countries ran on it . |
| 15 | Charlie completely blotted the great man out of the match and , with this vital piece of their armoury missing , Tottenham were nonplussed and the Palace went on to win with two goals scored by Billy Morgan , who had joined the club as part of the same complex deal as Cross himself in 1922 . |