Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pn reflx] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do you stay in Sècheron and deny yourself the pleasures of Geneva ? ’ |
| 2 | He returned to the window table and poured himself the dregs of the sherry . |
| 3 | As in the NUM strike of 1984 , the women have been the backbone of this struggle : dressed in camouflage and calling themselves the Daughters of Mother Jones , after the legendary union organiser from the turn of the century , they have walked the picket lines , sat in front of coal trucks , and been arrested . |
| 4 | Taff continued talking in his very strong Welsh accent as he inspected the Bren , asking questions and giving himself the answers before I could get a word in . |
| 5 | English scholars , all classicists or ex-classicists , hurried to catch up and prove themselves the equals of the Germans in philological and textual skill . |