Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pn reflx] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That means you 'd be denying yourself the beauty and privilege of being a parent . ’ |
| 2 | But I would not make this a necessary condition when designing a border , since to do so would be to deny oneself the pleasure of many first-rate foliage plants . |
| 3 | Mary Heilman has lately been setting herself the task of uniting the eccentric spaces resulting from what appear to be the merging of two or more rectangular canvases . |
| 4 | To buy a Stag just for its investment potential is to deny yourself the sort of al fresco luxury that most people can only dream about in a new car . |
| 5 | it 's kind of it 's it 's calls itself the Treasure Chest now . |
| 6 | You are to make yourself the master of a particular sub-topic or sub-sub-topic rather than prepare for the year 's examination in the whole subject . |
| 7 | After my fourth or fifth lesson I was able to see that it was I who was causing myself the discomfort . |
| 8 | Not to know her , not to love her ( at the very least , not to want to love her ) was to deny oneself the totality of experience . |