Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pn reflx] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Robot Drill works by gripping the sides of its own hole , and anchoring itself until the bit has made space in which it can move on . |
| 2 | Seed merchants , garden centres and nurseries , and other plant suppliers , should take more responsibility and provide themselves and the public with more information about plant poisons . |
| 3 | He gathered his great strength , remembered the lessons he had learned abroad , and drove himself and the weary men on to do what must be done . |
| 4 | It enables us to understand and evaluate ourselves and the world we live in . |
| 5 | I wandered alone across the muttering stream and satisfied myself that the spongy land was still lined with alders . |
| 6 | He raised his arm as if to protect himself as the car hit him full on . |
| 7 | The MI5 man seemed to suddenly shake his bulk to wake himself up and remind himself that the chief inspector was still in the car with him . |
| 8 | It requires a deliberate mental effort to turn biology the right way up again , and remind ourselves that the replicators come first , in importance as well as in history . |
| 9 | It is not difficult to deal with people who are pleasant and co-operative , but it requires intelligence , understanding , common sense and self-discipline to handle difficult and awkward people or situations without giving offence and putting yourself or the management in the wrong . |
| 10 | In 1927 he made a triumphant visit there , and convinced himself that the large-scale dramatic compositions he favoured would suit the Soviet vision . |
| 11 | In that case you must obtain particulars of the insurance ( additional property information form ) , transmit the information to your client 's mortgagee and satisfy yourself that the property is adequately insured . |
| 12 | Brereton was court-martialled for his performance in the riots and shot himself before the case had ended … |
| 13 | The car reels and swerves up on to the pavement , crashing into a shopfront and shattering itself and the window panes . |
| 14 | Great movements in all subjects — arts , sciences , medicine — begin and establish themselves because the climate is ready to receive them . |
| 15 | We might enter the room and sing our greeting accompanied by a few dance steps , but ask yourself whether the message might not be obliterated by the way our actions would be interpreted . |
| 16 | After several years he displayed the results in London in 1804 but said himself that the calves at one month old were ‘ as fat as quails ’ , though he declared that in due course the hide , flesh , milk and tallow would be of superior quality and value . |