Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pn reflx] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , originally groups of ‘ adventurers ’ were recognized in trade with various lands — one trading with Prussia secured royal recognition in 1391 , another with the Netherlands in 1407 and a third with the Scandinavian lands in 1408 , but eventually the Netherlands group secured for itself the specific name of the Merchant Adventurers ' Company ( 64 , pp. 143–50 ) . |
| 2 | The child is probably trying to write down a suitable looking word , and has n't said to himself the actual word he has written down . |
| 3 | Which was true , though that morning , as he had spied on the French , Sharpe had recognized in himself the undeniable pleasure of doing his job well . |
| 4 | Robert Kilroy-Silk claims that Bryan Gould ‘ has arrogated to himself the exclusive right to speak for southern England middle income groups . ’ |
| 5 | It could be argued that Gould 's irrebuttable presumption finds its support in the fact that the judiciary has arrogated to itself the ultimate decision on all questions of law . |
| 6 | Having discovered for himself the great value of reading good books , he gave his writings to his people . |
| 7 | He could at any time have obtained for himself the beneficial enjoyment of the whole income . |
| 8 | She had chosen for herself the human equivalent of sackcloth and ashes , and she denounced herself for a masochist . |