Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They attach themselves to executable files and are able to load themselves every time the infected file is loaded . |
| 2 | But he was already a fallen idol in Patricia 's eyes , all because he had not been able to deny himself a sentimental gesture before leaving . |
| 3 | While America goes crazy over its new President elect , CARTER USM are busy making themselves the next most popular thing with the inhabitants of that wacky continent and really should have done the decent thing and put themselves up for election . |
| 4 | That helps me a lot and I find I 'm able to assert myself a bit more . |
| 5 | With hindsight one can point to the underground man complaining that if he could manage even to loaf and idle around wholeheartedly he would be able to call himself a lazy man . |
| 6 | The out-of-the-practical-swim ex-student , ex-teacher , the worker at thinking in bed , would be able to call himself an arrested man ! |
| 7 | ‘ Maybe the party will be able to get some money out of it and we will be able to prostitute ourselves a little bit more . |
| 8 | " You will be able to earn yourself a proper living . " |
| 9 | If she keeps that up I will be able to buy myself a couple of books from the alcove book shop by the end of the summer . |
| 10 | But it is possible to give yourself a massage at home , after your bath , using a rich lubricating cream or body oil . |
| 11 | He is proud to call himself a ‘ Deadhead ’ — not some obscure Whitehall term of abuse , but the name given to fans of the Grateful Dead , an American rock band . |
| 12 | A few seconds is enough to give themselves a boost ! |
| 13 | ‘ It 's best to make yourself a timetable for Christmas Day , then you know what to do and it cheers you up as you cross things off . ’ |
| 14 | After all , he is well-placed to make himself a familiar figure to the discharger : |
| 15 | Foxes often avoid the colony sites of breeding seabirds because if they attempt a swift invasion to capture nestlings they are liable to find themselves the object of severe and painful dive-bombing by the parent gulls and their companions . |
| 16 | The UK was prepared to set itself the " very demanding target " of stabilizing total UK emissions of CO2 at 1990 levels by 2005 as part of " a wide international effort , with a fair distribution of the burden " , and " provided others are ready to take their full share " . |
| 17 | Nietzsche already made the point , and as a philosopher who was willing to call himself an egoist his witness is especially interesting : |
| 18 | The next morning I woke up , and was relieved to find myself a normal man again … |
| 19 | No gender differences were in fact detected , but the assessment system was rendered less liable to such biases staff were sensitized to their existence and nature and the course was able to give itself a clean bill of health without any special data collection effort being required . |
| 20 | She was able to make herself a pottery workshop by joining two old telephone engineers ' caravans together , and now works from her father 's market garden near Livingston . |
| 21 | In April , Robb who would be roi was anxious to prove himself a fully paid-up Hartlepudlian , a member of everything from West Hartlepool Rugby Club to the governors of Fens School . |