Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many more ants would need to go up into space for them to see themselves in perspective . |
| 2 | It would be professionally improper for them to interest themselves in the social or leisure activities of their pupils ; and it would be unsuitable to their professionalism if they were involved in purely supervisory or ancillary duties , which are carried out , where necessary , by unqualified assistants . |
| 3 | It is clear from the conversation that there was sympathy for the person involved because it was easy for them to place themselves in that position , allowing the event to be normalized . |
| 4 | It was difficult for me to put myself in the Guérigny frame of mind , to accommodate both the knowledge of a beloved 's death and the sense of her imminent return . |
| 5 | There 's been talk of Bruce leaving but it will be a greater achievement for me to establish myself as first choice with him still at the club . ’ |
| 6 | is twofold really , one for me to introduce myself to you and let you know that I am the representative that 's with Friends Provident that will |
| 7 | ‘ I said when I named the squad that the match provided an opportunity for someone to thrust himself into contention for a place in the squad to go to Lisbon next month . |
| 8 | He knew how easy it was for someone to conceal himself amongst the clutter of hanging garments , unseen and unsuspected , while even grown-ups went about their business in ignorance of his presence . |
| 9 | Because this conventionally liberal response to the prevailing mood disguises the fact that the them as which arranged themselves around the flogging solution reflected a much more mature retrenchment , and a much more solid base of opinion and material circumstance than is usefully summarised by the word ‘ panic ’ . |
| 10 | The boundaries may have been short , with netting to protect the club 's offices , but it was worthwhile practice for Smith , and a glimpse of warmer times ahead for a remarkable crowd ; there were about 100 well wrapped-up diehards , one of whom plonked himself in a red deckchair on the outfield , dangerously at midwicket . |
| 11 | ‘ Part of me hates him , ’ he admitted , ‘ and the other part of me hates myself for feeling jealous of such a fantastic guy . ’ |
| 12 | Most of them applied themselves to their exercise books , their faces contorted with intellectual effort . |
| 13 | only two matches left of rugby union 's league season and Gloucester need to win at least one of them to save themselves from relegation … on saturday they went down to Orrell at Kingsholm … the score 8-13 |
| 14 | The Khedive has a number of sons and all of them see themselves as potential heirs . ’ |
| 15 | We 're in the Division there with them and we 've we 've got to try and win enough of them to get ourselves into a charging position . |
| 16 | It sounded like footsteps , followed by a sliding noise , as of someone pressing themselves against the wall and sitting down . |
| 17 | ‘ You know the bad consequence of my laying myself under unnecessary obligation , and you will therefore take care that I only do it for real Friends that I can depend upon , ’ the member of parliament warned . |
| 18 | I do n't think it matters whether or not we call this a case of my distinguishing myself from others . |
| 19 | This would have no doubt involved stories of my forcing myself on him — something Sarah would have condemned . |
| 20 | I 've no recollection of you confining yourself to one . |
| 21 | One could take the view , for example , that important constraints on social equality are imposed by the opportunities available in society , regardless of who avails themselves of them , and that we do not want a measure that is insensitive to such constraints . |
| 22 | Rather , she must have inherited it or bought it at a jumble sale for the sake of something to cover herself as a rest from her everlasting black or perhaps ( most likely ) found it in a drawer of her newly married bedroom , chosen for her by Uncle Philip as suitable for his wife to wear on Sundays . |
| 23 | She had been just past Luke when he had caught at her , and now his arms came round her from behind , drawing her back against him , and the response she dreaded was already weakening her as the warmth of him transmitted itself to her . |
| 24 | She was aware of him settling himself on the floor in the corner by the bench , then stiffened when he picked up one of her finished pieces . |
| 25 | A friend of mine concussed himself by bending over to splash his face in the basin and cracking his head on a cabinet as he straightened up . |
| 26 | A more or less permanent steam column will soon establish itself , and a Surtseyan eruption ensues , with ejected material accumulating on the sea floor until there is such a pile that the top of it shows itself above sea level , and an island is born . |
| 27 | My wife began , I know not whether by design or chance , to enquire what she should do , if I should by any accident die , to which I did give her some slight answer , but shall make good use of it to bring myself to some settlement for her sake , by making a will as soon as I can . ‘ |
| 28 | On 10 May 1794 , Huntingford wrote to the Speaker of the House of Commons ( who had himself been elected a vice-president of the College ) as follows : ‘ Honble Sir , I should not have taken the liberty of troubling you on the subject of the Veterinary College did not the recent business of Wm Stone who stands charged with High Treason prove the cause of his exerting himself to my prejudice in favor of M Vial the late Professor , to be that he might establish a French Connection in that Institution in order that he might through the channel carry on his correspondence with the enemy . |
| 29 | Many of us hold ourselves in the most distorted positions and when tensions are released the changes can be quite dramatic . |
| 30 | As adults , however , many of us cripple ourselves with fears of making mistakes , of making a wrong decision , of failing , of feeling embarrassed , of repeating the past . |