Example sentences of "[vb base] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Just go and lose yerself for a week , son .
2 We judge ourselves by the time from call-out to getting the problem fixed which is an average of 63 minutes , ’ he said .
3 Even if we confine ourselves for the moment to the late sixth and fifth centuries B.C. , when the options were more limited , the road of the Rhone was not the only route for traffic between Celts and Greeks .
4 Even if we confine ourselves to the difference of aim between reformist and revolutionary parties ( or of social movements , which can be classified in a similar way ) , the distinction can not always be made in an absolutely clear-cut fashion .
5 Too easily we stand still and pat ourselves on the back ; before long we are losing ground .
6 So are we saying Mr Chairman that , we er launch ourselves into an adventure like an assessment without actually having an idea of the cost ?
7 The issue is that you know we build ourselves round the church .
8 Therefore , we content ourselves with a degree of objectivity which represents an acceptable narrowing of the areas of difference between financial reports .
9 As Christian communicators in Asia we place ourselves at the service of those challenges , well aware that we need to conscientise people as much as we need to be conscientised .
10 This created a tendency for the administrator to facilitate the flow of benefits which the state frequently confers upon private enterprise to private businessmen for a return , and , indeed , involve himself in a variety of legal and illegal activities for which the post of senior government servant is advantageous .
11 However , she seemed to have forgotten all about it , because she told him to pull up a chair and warm himself by the fire .
12 You watch it peel itself into the sea .
13 Delight yourself in the Lord
14 I shift myself from the mirror to the window , to see what she does .
15 They cushion themselves on the silence .
16 Most extraordinary thing : as wife shoves high-chair into car 's rear suspension and I quietly herniate myself on a couple of bags filled with Devon mud and light aggregate thieved from local quarry by children , strange sense of loss creeps over me .
17 If you 're a good girl I 'll take you home myself in the morning . ’
18 Warm yourself by the fireside of pure genius and it wo n't cost you a penny .
19 He prefers the charcoal drawing to the full garish canvas , and this is why , I think , the songs work so well , because , as we listen , individual responses suggest themselves to a line , or a turn of phrase , which by inference , creates a greater sense of empathy and involvement for the listener .
20 As when you act for a seller or mortgagor , add any other documents which suggest themselves as the matter proceeds .
21 Practise the above and familiarise yourself with the co-ordination required for turns in each direction before trying to fly proper circuits .
22 Familiarise yourself with the problem 2 .
23 Familiarise yourself with the law relating to archaeological sites .
24 For magistrates ' courts , familiarise yourself with The Sentence of the Court , the booklet published by the Government for magistrates ; for the Crown Court read particularly D.A .
25 Familiarise yourself with The Engineering Council 's Code of Conduct , authorised under its Bye–Laws and with any relevant codes provided by your own Institution or professional association .
26 Familiarise yourself with the Strategy on p.27 and learn to be purposeful , active and flexible in your reading habits .
27 Children often notice differences in size when they play , when , for instance , they fit themselves under a table or try to crawl through a hoop .
28 ‘ My poor dears , come and warm yourselves by the fire .
29 Those who do not voluntarily or semi-voluntarily place themselves under the authority of relatively just governments are under a partial and qualified obligation to recognize the authority of such a government in their country .
30 Using the cover of the bushes or whatever , I crouch as low as possible and manoeuvre myself into a position where I know I could cast to them , not forgetting to make a note of a landing site , for it is useless to hook a fish if you can not play it to the landing net .
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