Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pn reflx] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The section does not specifically empower the policeman to give directions as to how the actor should conduct himself in the future ( as by leaving the spot ) . |
| 2 | That being so , ‘ I must immerse myself in the atmosphere of my homeland . ’ |
| 3 | First , however , he must prove himself in the hardest job of his life . |
| 4 | The jury must place themselves in the accused 's position with the accused 's knowledge . |
| 5 | This does not mean that the governing body should involve itself in the day-to-day running of the school . |
| 6 | Our highest and most serious imaginative inventions may show themselves in the medium of the arts . |
| 7 | It may show itself in the formation of groups with a hierarchical power structure , or as an outwardly driving force , such as is found in a hunting group . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're saying plainly that you 'll assert yourself in the most obvious way possible if I ever attempt to cross you ! ’ |
| 9 | Interest is now focused on how this might manifest itself in the government 's promised rethink on constitutional reform . |
| 10 | He might lose himself in the books sometimes , but he might find the Key there , too . |
| 11 | In doing so he might find himself in the company of evolutionary epistemologists such as Riedl ( 1979 ) , whose over-arching theory of life as an ‘ erkenntnisgewinnender prozess ’ seems to require a unitary notion of knowledge or information , information that can be stored in a genome at one end of the evolutionary spectrum , as well as be expressed , at the other end , by scientific theories that make the world a less strange place to live in . |
| 12 | From this , we will not be excluded , but will in turn exclude them , including some of those who might find themselves in the terrain of our state because their being on our state threatens the unity of our state , just as they perceive us to be a threat to their unity , and so on and so on . |
| 13 | If such a proposal was adopted by the GMC Kay and his committee might find themselves in the dock . |
| 14 | She could busy herself in the garden till then . |
| 15 | Donna was n't sure whether it was perspiration or if she 'd wet herself in the hectic chase . |
| 16 | He could see himself in the garden with Fraulein Simonis , investigating those dark eyes at closer quarters . |
| 17 | She tended to be over-indulgent with Victoria , partly because she could see herself in the child and partly too , in some perverse fashion , to make up for what she considered to be her own harsh upbringing under Jonadab 's strict rules . |
| 18 | If you plan to stay up on election night , you could sustain yourself in the small hours with freshly baked pizza . |
| 19 | She showed no inclination to argue further , but lay back in her chair , smiling at Robert , and I saw that it was not , as I had believed , understanding and acceptance that her smile revealed , not that their marriage was so secure it could sustain itself in the face of any disagreement , but that Lili could afford to be pleasant because she had no scruples . |
| 20 | Or I got a garden , I could occupy myself in the garden . |
| 21 | These could supervene powerfully in the individual personality — as they evidently did in that of Akhenaten — but , more frequently perhaps , these psychopathological tendencies could manifest themselves in the culture of the agricultural society , perhaps as fire-festivals ( with attendant witch-delusions ) or as full-blown cults of solar-imperial megalomania . |
| 22 | I mean if if a woman undresses okay let's take a scenario okay Simon maybe er you know you could put yourself in the same situation |
| 23 | They were the merchants , traders and businessmen of the north-east Mediterranean coast who had most to lose if the Shias could establish themselves in the economic life of the Levant . |
| 24 | Like the owl , it could lose itself in the forest . |
| 25 | As she danced she could lose herself in the movement . |
| 26 | This might then account for the apparently non-environmentally controlled distribution pattern in which other species could insinuate themselves in the holes of the forest ‘ lattice ’ devoid of the first species . |
| 27 | We are in an interesting position , where we could shoot ourselves in the foot — but we want to grow our own business , here in Newtonmore . ’ |
| 28 | You could find yourself in the ludicrous situation where you have to take them out of the country for half-an-hour and take them back in again . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't want to know , ’ Sophie interrupted sharply , then , seeing that Helen looked rather ruffled , she added in a more conciliatory tone , ‘ It 's just that , although I 'm very interested in what goes on in that practice on the veterinary side , I do n't really think we ought to interest ourselves in the personal ups and downs of the people working there . ’ |
| 30 | Accounts also tell how he used to lock himself in the church all night . |