Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | OLIVER rolled his eyes back , lit a cigarette and said that the very phrase common sense was a contradiction in terms , and if Man — at which point he pretended to be extremely embarrassed and correct himself to Man-or-Woman — if Man-or-Woman had relied upon common sense over the previous millennia we 'd all still be living in mud huts and eating frightful food and listening to Del Shannon records . |
| 2 | Six was brought up in the family business but declining trade prompted him to retire early and devote himself to the wide range of interests typical of an eighteenth-century intellectual , although there is no evidence that he ever received any formal training . |
| 3 | Amid the unspeakable sufferings , however , there are epic tales of courage and heroism ; of those who voluntarily followed their banished loved ones into the unknown ; of enlightened , cultivated exiles who chose to remain after their sentences were complete and devote themselves to the scientific , artistic and educational development of the region . |
| 4 | Understandably , perhaps , there is a strong temptation to try to avoid these difficulties by taking qualities as basic and confining oneself to the idea of a plurality of qualities , with particulars being interpreted as bundles of qualities . |
| 5 | They would not be there unless they shared the European ideal and believed themselves to be an integral part of the process of European unity . |
| 6 | Somehow you got down here , where you have been since , quietly starving and poisoning yourself to death . |
| 7 | Secure in his job , with a growing international reputation , and uxoriously contented with his comely Sophie , lie knew himself to be successful and suspected himself to be happy . |
| 8 | He was pulling the sun roof open and thrusting himself to his feet . |
| 9 | When approached they may stay absolutely motionless and allow themselves to be picked up . |
| 10 | Dionne went for the outlaw type , or so she said , then mothered and civilised them until they were unrecognisable , and when her dream of civilised and raunchy equality went out the slammed door , there she was alone again , smoking a little more than usual , drinking a little more than necessary and swearing herself to celibacy until the next sulky brow slouched into view and stole her hopeful heart away . |
| 11 | In some ways I was more reckless and exposed myself to danger because I felt we had to come out and prove that the Government was responsible for the deaths of all the students . |
| 12 | In Gregg Araki 's The Living End , two guys discover they are HIV positive and abandon themselves to violence . |