Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up to this point the US had been binding itself to Vietnam with conceptual associations , policy objectives , and some material considerations . |
| 2 | OVER THERE , but thankfully not expected here in the near future : US TV audiences are bracing themselves for Roseanne : the cartoon , and an animated series featuring New Kids On The Block … |
| 3 | CHANNEL ferry firms are bracing themselves for Britain 's biggest duty-free drink and cigarettes bonanza tomorrow . |
| 4 | Since the disease is heterosexually transmitted in Africa , the group which has come in for the most blame for its rapid spread have been the many poor women who have been supporting themselves in Nairobi through commercial sex . |
| 5 | By far the largest concentration is found at Chichester gravel pits , and the only other area at which more than 100 birds have occurred annually is Weir Wood Reservoir ; similar flocks seem now to be establishing themselves at Darwell Reservoir and Rye Harbour gravel pits . |
| 6 | In 1821 , Mr. Pulley resigned and his successor , Thomas Woolridge , a surgeon of the High Street , was appointed at 50 guineas per annum , to be followed himself by Mr. Blower a few years later at a salary of £63 per annum . |
| 7 | And how , by fighting each other , we are placing ourselves in Zacco 's hands ? |
| 8 | Hello there … the olympic gold rush hit Central South over the weekend … first as we predicted … as we hoped … the Henley on Thames rowing machine of Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent cruised home in the coxless pairs … and while they were enjoying themselves in Spain . |
| 9 | Angry Jemson suffered the embarrassment of coming on as substitute and then being substituted himself at Carrow Road . |
| 10 | At the same time as they were re-establishing themselves in Vietnam the French were finally being evicted , as they saw it , from Syria and the Lebanon and while these were League of Nations mandates rather than parts of the French Empire proper , their loss was no less bitterly resented . |
| 11 | Somehow , somewhere , she got the impression that they were congratulating themselves on Martin and Rachel 's failure ; on their very irresponsible approach to Phoebe 's education . |
| 12 | India , despite being thrashed themselves in South Africa immediately before this series , have looked sharper and better equipped in every department . |
| 13 | More likely , they said , was that China would continue to modernise its economy , so that by 1997 the situation would be more one of China 's adjusting to Hong Kong , than of Hong Kong 's trimming itself to China . |
| 14 | She is launching herself into Europe with at least as much conviction as any other British businessperson has so far shown . |
| 15 | After returning from a 30 month tour with UB40 , I believe that Birmingham is establishing itself as Europe 's leading city of the arts and media . |
| 16 | If GA pilots want to get more out of AIS , what they need to do is familiarise themselves with Skymaster and ask AIS for what they want . |
| 17 | ‘ She 's no longer a child , Mother , and she 's throwing herself at George . |
| 18 | Milton had no intention of sharing the unpopularity which was attaching itself to Sir James and promptly referred the matter to the Solicitor-General for action , but the end result , as Mrs. Campbell pointed out , was that ‘ our Member has lost his interest in this parish and really by most of our friends in the shire ’ . |
| 19 | Coleen however , was enjoying herself in England , she thought of Mr Cubbage a lot but thought she would n't commit herself just yet . |
| 20 | Yeah that 's right , very good , so nine , by pouring out this holy spirit and Jesus , Jehovah was er knighting him or appointing him to be the king of this coming kingdom , thing thus have anointed with the spirit , Jesus became the Messiah , which words in the Hebrew and Greek languages mean appoint , a anointed , therefore he became in fact Jesus Christ or Jesus the United , so , so it was Apostle Peter spoke of Jesus who was from Nazareth , Nazareth , how about anointed them , but all the spirit and power , also by his baptism and water , Jesus was presenting himself to God , to carry out the work that God had sent him to earth to do , what was that important work ? |
| 21 | I could understand how she felt ; I realized that anyone who convinced herself that , when she took the holy biscuit she was uniting herself with God , would find it easy to convince herself that in death she would be united with her daughter . |