Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [pn reflx] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But you were right when you insisted that I must give myself the opportunity to learn my true feelings , although … ’ |
| 2 | As with the early stages of reading , the teaching of literature must set itself the objective of stimulating pupils ’ enjoyment . |
| 3 | I had the strange impression that he wanted me to believe he was death ; that at any moment the leathery old skin and the eyes would fall , and I should find myself the guest of a skeleton . |
| 4 | To get some idea of the best system for your particular way of life you should ask yourself the sort of questions a heating contractor would ask : |
| 5 | I think he just wants to keep putting it off ; he might be frightened of me gaining too much independence , or he might simply be scared that I 'll kill myself the way a lot of youths seem to when they get a bike . |
| 6 | I should think that happens quite a lot , but I doubt they 'd call themselves The Hell Fire Club . |
| 7 | Abraham replies , ‘ God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering , my son ’ ( Genesis 22.8 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering , my son . ’ |
| 9 | He must take the words ‘ God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering ’ at their face value . |
| 10 | We will set ourselves the objective of increasing the degree of consonance still further , and therefore the bass will be kept consonant with all upper parts : Though the effect of this is quite good , indeed smooth and sonorous , the concept of using a bass consonant with all upper parts has produced chords which are either diminished 7ths ( chord 1 ) or contain major or minor chords . |
| 11 | If England fail to get it right tonight — 3–0 represents a convincing result — then Taylor will find himself the butt of far harsher jokes . |
| 12 | He may need to do all this , and to ventilate his fears of a future without her ; but he has probably been told since he was three years old that ‘ boys do n't cry ’ , and that men must always show courage and maintain the stiff upper lip , so he may deny himself the relief of lowering his defences and ‘ letting go ’ which society expects the widow to do quite naturally . |
| 13 | We can allow ourselves the luxury of such an extravagant theory , provided that the odds against this coincidence occurring on a planet do not exceed 100 billion billion to one . |
| 14 | The Argentine RU seems to be the only one which can allow itself the luxury of having half a team of top internationals watching the game ’ . |
| 15 | Well that 's two million pounds interestingly erm there are costs er er er we had some of our U S interest rates and we er that actually was an outgoing erm there , there are lots of other pluses and minuses and we , you can kid yourself the rate being eight point nine accrued and five and a half adjusted er if you want to think you know if you th think the treasury job was a good one , but erm the truth lies somewhere in between I suspect . |