Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The liberal-historians , on the other hand , tend to find themselves in a somewhat more tricky position . |
| 2 | We tend to isolate ourselves from the rest of the natural world and yet we are very much a part of it . |
| 3 | Most of us want to see ourselves on the screen — although it may turn out to be an unpleasant experience ! — but we 're not usually terribly interested in watching the performance of others . |
| 4 | You want to sacrifice yourself in a bloody revolution that will have no hope of success , and you want to sacrifice hundreds , perhaps thousands of young lives with you ! |
| 5 | When I want to find myself in the dream of the New Look , I have to reconstruct the picture , look down at my sandals and the hem of my dress , for in the dream itself I am only an eye , watching . |
| 6 | They are lovely to visit — especially when you want to feast yourself on a Dorset cream tea — but it is the rolling countryside and stunning coastline which attract the many lovers of the outdoors . |
| 7 | So to sum up , if we want to help ourselves towards a healthy heart and a long and happy life we need to eat a low fat diet , take regular exercise and stop smoking . |
| 8 | But it comes down to how openly you want to express yourself as a Muslim . |
| 9 | TOURING America with your home at your back is a popular option for familes and travellers on a budget who want to free themselves from the hassle of searching for somewhere to get their heads down each night . |
| 10 | ‘ I want to put myself on the map and this Test is a good chance to start doing it . ’ |
| 11 | seven o'clock , well I thought I 'd come a bit earlier forget that they want a tidy living room , they want to get the toys out of the way , they want to present themselves in the best possible light so they 'd be more forgiving if you 're late than if you 're too early to be on time . |
| 12 | The Brazilians want to remind themselves of the British style before they meet Scotland in Italy . |
| 13 | They want to commit themselves to a single currency and to deny a future Parliament or Government the power to make a vital decision . |
| 14 | You can vanish , fleet as the wind , and contrive to lock yourself in the bog . |
| 15 | Recognizing all this , and being shown too where the power lies in this social order , the politics of inversion become persuasive , perhaps irresistible ; this is Moll , about to thrash the predatory Laxton : ‘ I scorn to prostitute myself to a man , /that can prostitute a man to me ’ ( iii . |
| 16 | We seek to rid ourselves of the awful thought that we might have some responsibility for what has happened . |
| 17 | Large multi product , multi site firms dominate the British economy in both manufacturing and the service sectors , and public sector concerns increasingly seek to organise themselves along the lines adopted by successful private sector corporations . |
| 18 | These elections concluded the business of the first day of the Leeds Congress , on which , in the words of the preamble to the constitution of the BDDA : The Deaf and Dumb of Great Britain and Ireland agree[d] to form themselves into an Association for the advancement and protection of their interests in every possible way ( in such a manner as will not interfere with the work of the existing societies ) . |
| 19 | Therefore , in order to avoid panic attacks , they stop placing themselves in the situations in which they had previously experienced these feelings . |
| 20 | Yet being able to step off the treadmill and stop judging yourself for a while is the only way to begin to take stock and to start to unwind from the stress spiral . |
| 21 | And I always seem to poke myself in the eye with mascara . ’ |
| 22 | But in almost all instances lie recovered himself in the process of revision , took out the passages which were rhythmically inert or altered words and images which did not sustain the underlying cadence and structure . |
| 23 | Once dormant , however , their metabolism slows down so much that the pineal is virtually switched off , and how they manage to rouse themselves at the correct time remains a mystery . |
| 24 | With cries of ‘ oi gevalt ’ and ‘ keender ! keender ! ’ from Mum and Dad and screams of fear from the girls , the three bodies eventually manage to extricate themselves from the floor . |
| 25 | LOYALIST URBAN VIGILANTEES BEGIN TO FORM THEMSELVES INTO THE ULSTER DEFENCE ASSOCIATION . |
| 26 | And these final comments , addressed over the child 's death , seem to justify themselves in the sense that the playwright is speaking not only from experience , but for all the parents who dread that this might happen to them . |
| 27 | If Mr Kinnock can lead his party this far , it seems at least possible that he can now turn himself outward , away from the party , and begin to project himself as a potential national leader . |
| 28 | Some such groups would become more permanent , establish certain physical and academic territories , begin to call themselves by a common title , and start to defend these against ‘ outsiders ’ with vigour and cunning . |
| 29 | Those who manage to present themselves with a cool , unemotional middle-class style have a better chance of their messages being responded to . |
| 30 | ‘ People begin to doubt themselves in a run like we have experienced . |