Example sentences of "[vb base] [pn reflx] [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BOXING Day and we launch ourselves on our own family tradition — a visit to the theatre . |
| 2 | And so a strong tradition has grown up that teachers must know their pupils , care for them in a general way , interest themselves in their moral development , and give them as many educational opportunities as possible outside the class-room as well as in it . |
| 3 | During his voyage from India , Chandrasekhar worked out how big a star could be and still support itself against its own gravity after it had used up all its fuel . |
| 4 | You just let yourself into your own home and thought they 'd be upstairs asleep ? ’ |
| 5 | Later , when the women let themselves into their own room , Billie sensed she was being watched . |
| 6 | Imagine yourself in your favourite shopping street . |
| 7 | I doubted it because whatever the efficacy of Dr Gyggle 's treatment and however convincing his explanation of how a lonely and fucked-up boy built up a delusion both to compensate for the lack of a father and punish himself for his own Oedipal crime , I still could n't convince myself that I was entirely rid of my mage . |
| 8 | Early that summer the new curate took up his duties , and Father McGiff at last was able to sit at his desk of an evening and compose himself for his planned period of meditation . |
| 9 | ‘ I saw the woman I love wrap herself round my older , smarter and wittier brother like clingfilm round a sandwich , and it looks like they 're enjoying each other the way … |
| 10 | I release myself from my old patterns . |
| 11 | Of course , if all these activités sound too énergetiques , you can soak up the scenery and immerse yourself in our natural convivialité . |
| 12 | I dig myself into my sacrosanct shrine . |
| 13 | Nor is it an accident that the managerial and professional classes reproduce themselves in their own image as do the process and clerical groups . |
| 14 | and John one in verse twelve it says but as many have received him , to them he gave the right , the authority , the , the power , to become children of God , even to those who believe on his name and this of course is what making our commitment to Christ is , it 's receiving him for ourselves , it 's plugging in , it 's saying yes I have n't got that power myself , I am not able to do it I need you to come and do it for me , I accept that you have that power , you have that authority , you have dealt with my sin and I receive it for me , we trust Christ to save us from sin and commit ourselves to his kingly ruling our lives , we are as the bible says then , born again , new creations , we are made alive in Christ , I give you one verse in Colossians and in chapter three , verse four it says when Christ who is our life is revelled , then you also no sorry verse , verse three , verse three , sorry for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God but you say that 's all very well that , that brings me into the place of becoming a follower of Jesus yes I 've accepted him , but what about all this pressures here , Christ I , I 'm willing to receive them and to make the centre of my life , I 've received that he died for me , but what about all those things that 's twisting and marring and distorting my life , that 's rubbing me , my life can be more , God wants it to be , well that 's the great thing when Jesus comes , he does n't just come and sit down and that 's all there is to it , but he comes in by the holy spirit and as Christ is the centre of our life so he , as we submit to him and to his authority as we become obedient to his word , doing what he tells us , what he says for us , then the power of his spirit in our life starts operating , God the holy spirit , cos that 's how we become Christians , we are born again of God spirit and God Christ was in us , not the man who walked here on Galilee , he is a man in glory , but he comes into your life and into my life by the holy spirit and he gives us new spiritual resources which help us to overcome those influences of evil that are pressing in on us and trying to , to , to , to distort our lives and depress it into its mould , those things that have spoiled our lives , he gives us spiritual power and spiritual resources over them . |
| 15 | Be sure before you commit yourself to your chosen home that you know all about the boundaries of your property , any rights of way that exist , such as neighbours having access over your gardens , and which fences you have to maintain . |
| 16 | Fling myself at her black-stockinged feet while the Ally Pally sparrows sang a serenade . |
| 17 | Groups of children sometimes can invent games of their own , or maybe entertain themselves in their own way if they are free of adult interference . |
| 18 | Stand on top of this mountain , and shout out to the world below : ‘ I commit myself to my own growth . ’ |
| 19 | It remains to be seen , however , whether the UDC model can effectively and efficiently adapt itself to its broader goals . |
| 20 | Father , plead , ingratiate and abase yourself before your all-powerful children ! |
| 21 | One of the most difficult questions which teachers ask themselves throughout their professional lives concerns the nature of the differences between pupils . |
| 22 | I love the English countryside , though I think we all sometimes deceive ourselves about its idyllic past . |
| 23 | During the rest of the day , try to catch yourself if you have any thoughts or emotions based on your old belief , and remind yourself of your new belief . |
| 24 | People live in tents , and customs are so different from what they have been used to , that I really wonder how they reconcile themselves to their new mode of life . |
| 25 | Many people launch themselves into their new plans with no preparation at all . |
| 26 | And I , I used to sort of sit in er put sit myself in my little erm bunk you know ? |
| 27 | The coolies inside the fetid dens immediately began to stretch their stiffened limbs and drag themselves off their sodden mats , knowing that within minutes the cai would be among them flailing heavy staves to rouse the laggards . |
| 28 | If you push yourself to your absolute limits and suffer terribly , the chances that you will be able to motivate yourself to suffer equally in two or three days ' time are practically zilch . |
| 29 | But some doubted and one , Rol , who was a great war leader , mistrusted the feelings which prompted the Myrcans to wage war and was sickened by the killing , so he set off into the mountains to seek the Dwarves and avail himself of their ancient wisdom . |
| 30 | A guest room seemed infinitely attractive ; a quiet place where he could sleep without Val , and think about Ash , and take himself at his own pace . |