Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pn reflx] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is true that no man knows what may befall him , nor how he may make himself safe against all future evils , is it not therefore the wisest course to make no provision , but to live in the present experience only ? |
| 2 | You must think yourselves lucky to be able to go to Thrush Green as often as you do . ’ |
| 3 | Suggest that participants should make themselves familiar with the main issues beforehand — perhaps by reading this booklet or other books on the list on pp. 23–4 — so that the discussion will be based on adequate information . |
| 4 | Students should make themselves familiar with Traffic Regulations which are widely displayed throughout the University . |
| 5 | Those who enter a course leading to the qualifications awarded by a Professional Association ( such as Membership , Associateship or Fellowship ) should make themselves familiar with the regulations of that body , as it is their personal responsibility to comply with them . |
| 6 | All Certified Weighers should make themselves familiar with Section 20 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 , which is attached . |
| 7 | A CONTROVERSIAL proposal that unemployed young people between 16 and 21 should make themselves available for full-time community service is to be discussed by the Labour Party . |
| 8 | It was Marriott who suggested that Stirling should make himself scarce for a while and recommended him to Brigadier Denys Reid . |
| 9 | An appropriately experienced consultation partner who is a valuations specialist and is not otherwise associated with the client 's ( or the subject entity 's , if different ) affairs should be appointed , and thereafter , should make himself available for consultation as required during the engagement . |
| 10 | Once the media are interested , you and your fellow campaigners must make yourselves available for interviews and photographs . |
| 11 | ‘ He went to Prague this morning , ’ Lubor obliged nicely , and then added , ‘ He particularly asked that , should you have any problems or require assistance in any way , I must make myself available to you . ’ |
| 12 | All of these meetings required careful preparation and I was relieved when my election team agreed with my general tactics , although they added that I must make myself available for private talks with any colleague who asked to see me . |
| 13 | He would be free to pursue his own work , but must make himself available to students of composition . |
| 14 | Perhaps I knew already what the answer would be — that I must cut myself free from him . |
| 15 | The centurion … commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea and get to land . |
| 16 | Staff are concerned about how they should get themselves ready for change . |
| 17 | When she had once laughingly asked , ‘ Who supplies the meat , Father , and the clothes that go between the hats and the shoes ? ’ he had come back with his usual answer to her , ‘ You 're too sharp by half ; you 'll cut yourself one of these days . ’ |
| 18 | People facing retirement might find themselves responsible for the care of others for a number of different reasons . |
| 19 | You go on like this and you 'll find yourself short of help . ’ |
| 20 | About an hour later I woke up and there was a hell of a smell of gas and I was still there , and my friend came and said , ‘ There 's an awful smell of gas in this flat , you 'll kill yourself one of these days . ’ |
| 21 | If you have read your books you will discover that the Romans used to have tasters too and loved food so much they 'd make themselves sick after each course by sticking a feather down their throats . |
| 22 | As soon as he found out I knew about cameras and all that , he realised I could make myself useful round the studio , so I sort of moved in . |
| 23 | He did n't indulge in the crude autopsy humour which some of his colleagues found necessary to bolster their social self-esteem ; dinner guests could know themselves safe from distasteful anecdotes about carving knives or missing kidneys . |
| 24 | They fear they could lay themselves open to prosecution for murder or manslaughter — or in some cases a civil action for damages — if they disconnect a feeding tube without court permission . |
| 25 | He could cut himself free on the coral . |
| 26 | they 'd leave themselves open to some criticism erm because the beneficiaries of whoever otherwise may be entitled to the shares may have said I would like to have those shares . |
| 27 | If I did n't give him a square meal on Monaghan Day he 'd drink himself stupid in Mohill . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The government could save itself billions by hiring a few wide-eared gents to ride these trains and find out what new rip-offs are being planned . |
| 29 | To avert all this , you could find yourselves involved in prolonged negotiation , and even litigation , which would diminish your ability to run the business and swallow resources . |
| 30 | In Kendra Sone 's article ‘ Vetting equality ’ ( 16 February ) we are warned that psychometric testing , when used for selecting candidates , should be used with care and that candidates could find themselves open to discrimination if such tests become part of tougher selection processes . |