Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Some other option than putting herself in debt to DeVore ? |
| 2 | As a community are we willing to risk building a just peace rather than arming ourselves for war ? |
| 3 | He gave a little start as if recalling himself to reality and said : |
| 4 | Ms Richardson said the company 's current strategy was one of heavy investment in its areas of ‘ core competence ’ while divesting itself of operations which were not essential to those core functions . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's disgusting , ’ contributed Mrs Harper from time to time , presenting her flat , mean , worthless little counter simply because she could not bear to remain silent , to sit back where others played , although she recognized herself temporarily outnumbered , ‘ disgusting , I call it , ’ and Shirley , hearing this phrase for the millionth time , had a vision of households all over Britain in which censorious , ignorant old bags like her mother-in-law , who had never done anything for the public good , who had nothing positive ever to contribute to any argument , passed judgement on others while stuffing themselves with goose and roast potatoes and sprouts and apple sauce . |
| 6 | Needlessly Herr Nordern cleared his throat again , frowning at Paul who was goggling at him while stuffing himself with cheese and cold ham . |
| 7 | The same team shows that WPP , while crippling itself by debt , threw away its crutches by taking on so many small earn-outs ( over 30 ) that it risks , on this count alone , a 150% increase in share capital — with awful implications for dividends . |
| 8 | Vincent , in Catholic Belgium , although emulating his father once again was also mocking him , by going to the limit in a way that passed judgement on his parents ' safe Christianity , while putting himself beyond criticism . |
| 9 | Malcolm had left Trinidad for the United States in the 1920s and whilst educating himself at Fisk and Howard Universities had developed a temperament of a distinctly militant revolutionary nature . |
| 10 | Guy tensed the instant she moved , as though bracing himself for resistance . |
| 11 | As always when she mentioned his name , her eyes filled with tears and she bowed her head , as though steeping herself in memories that were both painful and exquisite . |
| 12 | This is often misunderstood as cleaning oneself of contamination , but is obviously not the case as is proven by the fact that they had to clean themselves carefully before going into the bath , or mikva as it is called , so it becomes clear that it was to purify themselves spiritually , not physically . |
| 13 | So Melkor has the desire ‘ to bring into Being things of his own ’ ; Aulé , though subjecting himself to Ilúvatar , creates the dwarves without authority ; Féanor forges the Silmarils . |
| 14 | He was said to mate with cows when strengthening himself for battle . |
| 15 | He spoke of being perfect , but he saw perfection as abandoning ourselves to God , seeking to do his will . |
| 16 | And , when burying himself in work , he left several bowls of gold coins outside his room , with a note saying ‘ Please help yourself to those coins , but on no account disturb me ’ . |
| 17 | Excavation suggest that before this , Castle Dore was the centre of a large community made wealthy by the trade in tin and iron , as well as busying themselves with agriculture . |
| 18 | Nothing had ever felt quite so right as finding herself in Nevil 's arms and being kissed by him . |
| 19 | They see society and human action as being structured by social rules and values , and portray social systems as reproducing themselves via socialization — the transmission of social values to new generations through the family , the educational system and so on . |