Example sentences of "[vb base] [pn reflx] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , knowing that she was safely tucked up in her own bed , she would go through the mental exercise as she had done under hypnosis and imagine herself entering that cupboard under the stairs . |
| 2 | I 've got an overdraft at the bank to finance it and I find myself using this cash , y'know , to buy gear . |
| 3 | I occasionally find myself eyeing some bloke and thinking I would n't mind popping into bed — but passion … no thanks . ’ |
| 4 | ( If necessary , allow yourself to become this sub-personality , and experience the hurt , sadness , anger or other emotions he or she is holding . ) |
| 5 | ‘ You try to achieve something and you never allow yourself to accept that failure will happen — yet if it does , that is totally acceptable . |
| 6 | As families find themselves giving more priority to fixed costs , spending on other resources is squeezed further . |
| 7 | To move beyond this inadequate description , Gross ( 1978 ) argued that we should analyse the social characteristics of corporate criminals first by visualizing what qualities these organizational positions demand , and second by considering whether younger corporate officials who preen themselves to fit this image are more likely to succeed in their career . |
| 8 | ‘ I see myself representing this constituency throughout the 1990s . ’ |
| 9 | But however much you promise yourself to lose that stone or firm up those flabby thighs before you brave the beach , that summer diet and exercise programme is always going to start ‘ next week ’ . |
| 10 | I have myself used this technique in the preparatory stages of researches in theatres , bookshops and libraries . |
| 11 | I have myself used this technique on a number of occasions in both urban and book research . |
| 12 | These problems are even more severe when elements of the black community have themselves endorsed this understanding . |