Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [vb pp] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who think that Jenny herself is a little dull at times might conclude that Patrick has impaled himself on that point , like one of those Romans whose language he used to teach . |
| 2 | In recent years Winters has interested himself in making objects of glass and ceramics . |
| 3 | Once again , Steffi Graf has shown herself to be the best player in the world by far — in more than one sense . |
| 4 | ‘ Bobby has proved himself to be something of a medical miracle already by his resilience to the treatment . ’ |
| 5 | Paris gave the immediate illusion of spaciousness and grandeur ; the swelling pride of Louix XIV and Napoleon had expressed itself in truly monumental architecture . |
| 6 | Frank Spencer had endeared himself to so many people that Crawford 's wish to leave the character behind was tempered by the pleasure it had clearly brought . |
| 7 | In a playing career that ended the month Graeme Souness arrived at Rangers , Johnstone had excelled himself as a rumbustious centre-forward . |
| 8 | Thinking in terms of his mother 's back yard in Hoylake , the washing sagging between poplar trees , Meredith had prepared himself for details of death . |
| 9 | He pointed to the fact that with respect to Korea the United States had associated itself with others of the United Nations in support of Korea 's cause and , in that sense , therefore , Korea 's position transcended a definition of interest by a line drawn in any direction . |
| 10 | Arafat had tried to keep his Fatah guerrillas out of the fighting , but when the Phalange and Chamounists laid siege to the Palestinian camps of Karantina and Tel al-Za'atar , the PLO had committed itself to the war on the side of the Muslims and leftists . |
| 11 | Brian Hall , safety and training officer at Redpath Offshore , said he found it difficult to explain why Mr Eaton had placed himself under the pipe . |
| 12 | Now what happened , and it was a good procedure because what happened was that if anyone say on a Friday had found himself in a difficult situation , we would then discuss it on the Monday afternoon , er bearing in mind that he had taken it to the foreman and had got no response from the foreman , we could discuss it on a Monday afternoon , the convenor and the secretary would deal with it the following day , and in all probability , without having recourse to take it any further , reply to the man that the matter had been resolved and , and to his liking . |
| 13 | By successfully conspiring to remove Mortimer and Isabella from power Edward had established himself in a position of unchallenged supremacy . |
| 14 | By the end of 1337 Edward had committed himself to spending £124,000 on his allies , and his parliamentary grants would bring in only about £38,000 a year . |
| 15 | Which was that Ellen had sworn herself to celibacy while she worked as a cook , a decision that was to me as eccentric as it was both incomprehensible and frustrating . |
| 16 | Ken had mortgaged himself to the hilt with the flat in Brunswick Gardens , Kensington and after one interminable row following another , he told his parents to leave the flat . |
| 17 | At the moment of crisis , in the hand-to-hand fighting at the gates of Taillebourg when the decision could have gone either way , Richard had thrown himself into the thick of the melee . |
| 18 | In addition to suffering the longstanding US economic blockade , Cuba has found itself in 1990 and 1991 coming to terms with new threats to its economic viability . |
| 19 | ‘ Mr Bradburn has shown himself to be a fine teacher and a popular colleague . ’ |
| 20 | Nigel has put himself in the right place , and there 's no doubt about that . ’ |
| 21 | As a Puritan , Bourne had devoted himself to God 's cause , as he saw it . |
| 22 | Lenin had been the effective leader in the United States of Soviet Russia but he died in January 1924 , leaving two possible successors , Trotsky and Stalin , but Stalin had established himself in the Communist hierarchy and Trotsky was subsequently expelled . |
| 23 | Scotland had re-established itself as an independent nation . |
| 24 | Just short of his 33rd birthday , Superbrat had transformed himself into Supermac . |
| 25 | When Maggie had perched herself on one she said , Does this mean I 'm being interviewed ? ’ |
| 26 | Maggie had braced herself against Fenna 's wrath , but dragons are deeply wily , they are tempters used to souls far more subtle than any fifteen-year-old child can be . |
| 27 | It was not long after that evening there came the sad news that Herr Bremann had shot himself in a train between Hamburg and Berlin . |
| 28 | It had none of the institutional smell Alida had prepared herself for . |
| 29 | Hope had talked himself into a state of indignation . |
| 30 | The three Miss Lovelocks had seated themselves on the window-seat , their silvery heads nodding and trembling , and their glasses , as Ella was not unsurprised to see , quite empty . |