Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pn reflx] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He now has himself cast in the role of Satan , and I in the role of God Almighty . |
| 2 | The novelist has himself referred to the self-generating quality of these works : he seems to provide the reader with a metaphor of the construction of narrative . |
| 3 | But in addition , the strategy LDDC chose to adopt has itself contributed to the problems they now face : |
| 4 | In this vision — a kind of ‘ flash-forward ’ in fantasy — Jesus sees himself married to the Magdalene ( for whom he has lusted all through the book ) and fathering a family upon her . |
| 5 | ‘ She always keeps herself hidden behind the curtains . ’ |
| 6 | He finds himself evaluated by the correspondingly vague notion of competence . |
| 7 | Wasp liberal lawyer Kevin Kline takes a short-cut and finds himself plunged into the sort of yuppie nightmare that triggered Bonfire of the Vanities . |
| 8 | So a man who has hitherto led a quiet life , in terms of cricket administration , finds himself thrust into the forefront of the game 's politics . |
| 9 | So a man who has hitherto led a quiet life , in terms of cricket administration , finds himself thrust into the forefront of the game 's politics . |
| 10 | And Jacob finds himself traded between the two . |
| 11 | That same problem is treated in Arguedas 's Deep Rivers , the story of a young boy , Ernesto , who identifies emotionally with the Indians among whom he was brought up and who , on moving to school to receive the education that will equip him to take his place in society , finds himself alienated in the world of the whites . |
| 12 | At the age of 30 , he finds himself consigned to the sidelines without even the consolation of a drop down the soccer ladder . |
| 13 | At the age of 30 , he finds himself consigned to the sidelines without even the consolation of a drop down the soccer ladder . |
| 14 | This weekend that fear will be realised as she finds herself isolated from the boys who , as she has so often pointed out , mean everything to her . |
| 15 | A young woman with a shopping trolley finds herself caught in the crossfire . |
| 16 | The HSE declares itself satisfied with the general health monitoring programmes run by the companies involved in building biotechnology factories but aside from the ICI programme New Scientist was unable to discover any others established especially to periodically review the health of workers involved in biotechnology processes . |
| 17 | There is only what from our side is neither predictable nor controllable — the coming of the Word from beyond which opens and displays to us the overwhelming advent of God as he makes himself known in the ‘ eternal moment ’ . |
| 18 | With a shrine suspended from the ceiling and with Jerusalem evoked in Henry 's opening speech , the guilty spiritual stain of Henry 's usurpation certainly makes itself felt amid the play 's comic carry-ons and pisspot humour . |
| 19 | The influence of these broad parameters makes itself felt in the opening pages of the Report , to the extent that the Committee is prepared to revise its very terms of reference in the light of its wider concerns . |