Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun pl] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 to see my fingers counting themselves , dancing .
2 If they are cornered by a predator , mountain goats will not hesitate to use their horns to defend themselves .
3 He fell badly , unable to use his arms to protect himself .
4 Fleury was quite wrong in thinking that Miriam had been nourishing amorous ambitions as far as the Collector was concerned ; on the contrary , throughout the siege she had taken great pains not to allow her feelings to attach themselves to any individual man .
5 Our school was evacuated to Hadlow Down in Sussex , just about where the German bombers used to off-load their bombs to save themselves the trouble of having to go all the way to London .
6 Alecko Papamarkou , who lives most of the year in America , is always a very kind and welcoming host , and loves to see his friends enjoying themselves .
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