Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pn reflx] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout it all , he keenly defends himself against the propaganda with which the minders assigned to foreign journalists bombard him . |
| 2 | This acquisition of competence can be seen as one way the worker defends himself against the control exercised over him by management . |
| 3 | I was particularly taken by Patricia Routledge , unmistakeable even looking through a letter box , and by Lionel Jeffries for his affecting rendition of : The troops are ready to mutiny , The colonel is missing or dead , When up steps a bold , young lieutenant And places himself at the head . |
| 4 | The male places himself behind the female and pecks at her cloaca . |
| 5 | It was painful , beautiful and obscure , a not uncommon state of affairs when the creator also directs , gives a running commentary on the action and writes himself into the story at the end . |
| 6 | he holds himself on the sofa |
| 7 | This dominance exhibits itself in the ability of corporations to choose effectively which topics of policy they will shepherd into the arena of public debate , and which they will keep within the confines of private discussions . |
| 8 | At one level , this exhibits itself in the place that mathematics and science have come to occupy , mainly in virtue of their underpinning of technology in all its forms , including information technology and computerization . |
| 9 | It is a problem which seems curiously common to left-arm spinners , and manifests itself with the bowler either failing to release the ball , or propelling it vertically into the air . |
| 10 | Antrim , manifests itself at the surface as a roughly circular depression with a much deeper hole in one part of the area . |
| 11 | The romantic fantasy is nurtured in our youth with Enid Blyton books and ghost stories and manifests itself in the invention of tunnel myths . |
| 12 | P. pictus is sensitive to poor water and this often manifests itself in the degeneration of the barbels and the membrane between the fin rays . |
| 13 | The barbels are long and are a great temptation to other fish which sometimes pick at them and damage them , P. pictus Is sensitive to poor water conditions and this often manifests itself in the degeneration of the barbels and the membrane between the fin rays . |
| 14 | This distinction manifests itself in the fact that the " see that " paraphrase fits the second sentence very well but is very awkward for the first . |
| 15 | As you drive , this NVH manifests itself in the form of tiny vibrations fed back through the steering wheel and the gruff , uninspiring sounds from the SE-FHE engine . |
| 16 | Stance manifests itself in the adoption of certain approaches , methods or techniques : the experimental method of the scientist , the survey method of the sociologist , the close reading of the student of literature . |
| 17 | Yet each individual bout articulates itself within the framework of the history of boxing , known and unknown . |
| 18 | ( 3 ) Where the creditor leaves it to the debtor to obtain the signature of a third party surety on documents of guarantee or on documents charging the surety 's principal or important asset , it exposes itself to the possibility of being restrained under applicable equitable doctrines . |
| 19 | Dominique uncoils herself from the driving seat and extracts herself elegantly . |
| 20 | JOHN SCULLEY CROSSES HIMSELF OFF THE LIST |
| 21 | FURLANETTO PRIDES HIMSELF ON THE range of work which he chooses to undertake , particularly recently when he recorded the ‘ other ’ Don Giovanni by Gazzaniga ( see ‘ Opera Reviews ’ in this issue ) . |
| 22 | Mr Llambias ' services do not come cheap — they are a combination of a retainer ‘ sufficient to make them think really seriously ’ and a success fee that is a percentage of the fee income of the smaller firm ( sometimes 5% or 7.5% ) — but he prides himself on the longevity of the mergers he arranges . |
| 23 | In some cases , the author seeks to disguise his presence and distances himself from the narrative by employing techniques such as interior monologue , dialogue and intermediaries , which simultaneously highlight the subjective nature of the material presented and create the impression of an autonomous narration . |
| 24 | The reader may interpret the " flock " metaphorically , but by doing so he distances himself from the character . |
| 25 | I think one is largely on judging people in the hands of the media , looking at it from an ordinary party member I think it 's the air he gives , whether it 's an air of confidence competence and perhaps and air of confidence , the way he handles himself in the House of Commons , the things that he actually says , because within that time you 're not able , in fact , to have achieved much erm parliamentary wise , one very much has to judge a person by what he has . |
| 26 | As the superintendent cut her way through the herd of lunchtime drinkers , Dexter followed in her wake , like a driver who glues himself to the back of an ambulance careering through busy streets on an emergency call . |
| 27 | As Shylock says himself of the incident in Act 3 Scene 1 — line 28 : |
| 28 | Where Federman and Sukenick have stressed the specifically linguistic dimensions to such disruption , Robbins once again casts himself in the role of entertainer , trickster and comic commentator . |
| 29 | Or , one might say , the Reeve 's Prologue is where the Reeve makes his confession , publicly , and thus frees himself from the charge of seeing motes in the eyes of others and ignoring a beam in his own : which is just the figure he ends his Prologue with in commenting upon the Miller . |
| 30 | By inventing a myth , the epic poet frees himself from the group . |