Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pn reflx] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm very sorry to have to tell you this — but Mrs Kemp tried to kill herself this afternoon . ’ |
| 2 | An incessant internal monologue occupied her most of the morning , during which , by turns , she tried to convince herself that Fen 's effect on her was all in her imagination or berated herself for being fickle . |
| 3 | and erm of course computers did n't help in the slightest because er , I think the er , I may be wrong about this but as I understood it erm the computer programmer worked for West Suffolk but at the time of reorganization he 'd got himself another job . |
| 4 | When I 'd convinced myself that girl whose hand |
| 5 | In view of the dicey and rapidly deteriorating state of our physical surroundings , largely attributable to our ham-fisted handling of the powers bestowed on us by scientific and technological ‘ progress ’ , it might have been thought that there was a place in society for young persons who had taken the time and the trouble needed to give themselves some understanding of the problems we have set ourselves , so that they could help to reduce the damage done , and the worse damage yet to come . |
| 6 | Douglas nodded and went to pour himself another cup of tea . |
| 7 | After 2 weeks , she reported back there had n't been any improvement but it turned out that she had bought herself some Arg Nit tablets as she did n't like the taste of the alcoholic water the LM was made up in ! |
| 8 | I had told myself that heat was cleansing , because I had grown fearful of water . |
| 9 | Perhaps it was just embarrassment — the memory of how he had shamed himself that time when she had comforted him . |
| 10 | He had told himself that his name was Michael Holly , he had set himself that challenge . |
| 11 | Blake suspected that he was not the first person who had asked himself that question or had come to the same irrational conclusion . |
| 12 | Shivering the night away in the reeking darkness of the tunnels , he had asked himself this question more than once . |
| 13 | The answer was the same as on every previous occasion she had asked herself that question . |
| 14 | Richie had poured himself another whisky and soda . |
| 15 | It seemed that to feed the children they had denied themselves all food and eaten grass . |
| 16 | want it , cos we were you know , we were thinking i we wanted to leave ourselves that option . |
| 17 | If there was no natural cover , camouflage nets were slung over the trucks , while the men tended to disperse themselves some distance away , preferably in the lee of a rock . |
| 18 | She wanted to tell herself that fitzAlan had taken her by surprise again , but she could not . |