Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pn reflx] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Icke was the party 's national spokesman 17 months ago when he donned a turquoise tracksuit to announce himself the son of God on a mission to save the world . |
| 2 | The figure called himself the devil and declared that he had come for Gary 's life . |
| 3 | She popped a toast soldier into her own mouth to give herself the strength to deal with her father . |
| 4 | With ‘ Slack ’ , the band 's second indie release , nestling freshly in the racks , Bivouac find themselves the objects of slavering major label attention on both sides of the Atlantic . |
| 5 | Mr Spencer told the jury : ‘ For a period of two years , from about the age of 13 onwards , the girl found herself the target of sexual and physical abuse from her stepfather . |
| 6 | In the same period a peasant group calling itself the Union of the True was also advocating opposition to taxes . |
| 7 | The situation was complicated by the actions of other armed groups , possibly dissident units of the Jungle Commando , including the seizure on Oct. 13 of the bauxite mining town of Moengo , 100 km east of Paramaribo , by a group calling itself the Union for Liberation and Democracy , and by the growing involvement of both rebel and Army-backed groups in the production and trafficking of illegal drugs , particularly cocaine . |
| 8 | Within a few weeks of Glass 's abduction , a group calling itself the Organization of Good against Evil released video pictures of him allegedly confessing to being a spy . |
| 9 | The security services on June 10 managed to prevent the holding of a nationalist rally in Frunze called by a group calling itself the Kirghiz Democratic Movement . |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia 's opposition acquired a colourful new facet yesterday , when a group calling itself The Ladybirds launched its manifesto . |
| 11 | A group calling itself the Partido Comunista Maoista " Puka Inti " ( " Red Sun " Maoist Communist Party ) claimed responsibility on Dec. 9 for a series of bomb attacks on public buildings in Quito carried out in protest against the government 's privatization policy . |
| 12 | The Labour Party says the Tories have lost the right to call themselves the party of law and order . |
| 13 | FOUR YEARS ago , Wirral plucked up the courage to make itself the centre of the finger-pickin' universe . |
| 14 | By making an order , the trial court denies itself the chance to observe the demeanour of the witness and especially his reaction to cross-examination . |
| 15 | It was whilst working my way through this , often writing in the column headings for several pages in advance to give myself the illusion that I had completed more than I actually had , that two important suspicions that had lain dormant for some time rose up and took on the aspect of horribly credible hypotheses . |
| 16 | The official responsible for explaining this stance hanged himself the week before I read this book . |
| 17 | On the very day of the Manifesto a central strike committee in the capital proclaimed itself the St Petersburg Soviet ( Council ) of Workers ' Deputies . |
| 18 | On the very day of the Manifesto a central strike committee in the capital proclaimed itself the St Petersburg Soviet ( Council ) of Workers ' Deputies . |
| 19 | If the Government sets itself the job of providing a framework of laws which enables families to meet those personal goals , the country will grow in prosperity and stability . |
| 20 | Nor can the counsellor set himself the task of dealing exclusively with one area . |
| 21 | An organization calling itself the Mujahidin Kashmir claimed responsibility for planting bombs which exploded at two New Delhi police stations on April 10 , injuring nine policemen . |
| 22 | A previously unknown organization calling itself the Organization for the Defence of the Rights of Prisoners and Detainees had issued a statement claiming responsibility for Leyraud 's abduction , describing him as a French intelligence officer and threatening that he would be executed if another hostage was released . |
| 23 | He believed Mortimer Cropper thought himself the lord and owner of Ash , but he , Blackadder , knew his place better . |
| 24 | When we present ourselves with the decision we are much more inclined to drift in a certain direction leaving ourselves the option of getting out if we find we do not like it . |
| 25 | ‘ This morning the Emperor instructed , ’ the Patrician allowed himself the luxury of a scowl , ‘ instructed me , Gorphal , to protect this Two Flower person . |
| 26 | It was heavy , being covered by a thick layer of turf , and as soon as he could he checked over his shoulder to satisfy himself the area was entirely clear , before climbing stiffly all the way out and dropping the trapdoor shut again . |
| 27 | Now , having no doubt asked themselves the question , ‘ How can we make a Japanese ‘ 62 re-issue Strat even more appealing ? ’ |
| 28 | The most substantial of them farmed sufficient land to earn themselves the description of yeoman ; the poorest had merely an acre or two and perhaps the right to keep a cow and some sheep on the common . |
| 29 | For the Kalmar project the company set itself the objective : |
| 30 | The urban lower middle class was broadly nationalist , while class-conscious workers , with the support of the majority , were deliberately anti-nationalist ( the Czech Communist Party declared itself the party of Czech , German , Slovak , Hungarian , Ruthenian and Polish workers ) . |