Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pn reflx] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , Szeliga says : ‘ We are not coming in to buy market share ; we aim to promote ourselves at the quality and mid-priced end of the market . |
| 2 | Far from being an academic abstraction , the notion of discourse type is something we all use every day in order to orient ourselves towards the communication in which we are involved . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , we still make certain assumptions about them and about our relationship to them , otherwise we would simply not know how to orient ourselves towards the language , or what to say . |
| 4 | We would obviously like to see ourselves as the organ of a revolutionary party , however embryonic it may be . ’ |
| 5 | Most of us want to see ourselves on the screen — although it may turn out to be an unpleasant experience ! — but we 're not usually terribly interested in watching the performance of others . |
| 6 | All average rents on our stock across the whole of the south east is twenty seven pounds a week erm , I think is , is the figure now the bulk of that funded down to the old er regime that we had from the housing corporation where we got er , a lot more grant and we had the residual line and the money we 've had to borrow ourselves for the scheme was actually from the corporation themselves that all changed in the ninety eighty eight housing act and we now get a fixed er , sum of monies , it 's fixed percentage of local cost from the housing corporation and the balance has to be borrowed from a private lender just like anybody else going out and and buying a home , if you like er , from a , a bank , from a building society or somebody like that and we have to charge a rent er to the property that will repay that loan and , the way in which we actually do it is , is we charge a lower rent and actually who pays the rent quite substantially below that er , because erm the rent on these properties if we i if we charge what the the housing corporation 's grant as it 's set would be round about ten , twelve pounds more expensive than that . |
| 7 | But even if we are able to accommodate ourselves to the fact that our parents were not altogether " good " from the child 's viewpoint , we may still retain the ideal in our minds . |
| 8 | To be humble is learning to know ourselves in the light of the knowledge of God . |
| 9 | Now is the time for us all to inform ourselves about the problem to make sure that we all have a part in the making of that decision ’ . |
| 10 | The SS will advertise our willingness to inform ourselves about the needs of industry . |
| 11 | We tend to isolate ourselves from the rest of the natural world and yet we are very much a part of it . |
| 12 | How bitter must he be to find himself in the position in which he was now ? |
| 13 | He liked some music but generally was n't musical and was always slightly put off to find himself in the company of those who were . |
| 14 | Muller , however , is surprised to find himself in the company of players he once idolised , and he has yet to recognise that he is about to become a similar figure . |
| 15 | She just looked up at him with bewildered eyes and he put her firmly away , turning to launch himself into the water . |
| 16 | He had a feeling that Maidstone mentioned them to vindicate himself in the eyes of others . |
| 17 | ‘ I have only just begun discussions with Celtic over renewing my contract and it has not got to the stage of the manager making me an offer , ’ said the player whose ability to impose himself on the opposition might be thought worthy of international recognition . |
| 18 | And Lyle believes he is ready to impose himself in the Majors . |
| 19 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 20 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 21 | He was still trying to establish himself after the siege in the flooded crater . |
| 22 | The duke himself , meanwhile , wanted to establish himself in the north as quickly and as fully as possible , and control of the Neville affinity offered one means to that end . |
| 23 | The duke himself , meanwhile , wanted to establish himself in the north as quickly and as fully as possible , and control of the Neville affinity offered one means to that end . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm just sorry that he 's had this problem at a time when he would surely have had the chance to establish himself in the England side . |
| 25 | The Scottish selectors , however , rated his prime potential value to Scotland as a prop and the genial giant is in the process of seeking to establish himself in the tighthead position . |
| 26 | Nickle moved to St Helens from Sheffield in the close season and , despite injuries , has managed to establish himself in the side . |
| 27 | ‘ That would give him more confidence and he would be able to establish himself in the side . ’ |
| 28 | Right at the last minute , as the cameras were due to roll , the director spotted that Beesley had managed to insinuate himself to the ship 's rail ; picking up his megaphone , he instructed the amateur imposter kindly to disembark . |
| 29 | Had he gone to Glastonbury or come back by a secret route to Templecombe to hide himself in the church ? |
| 30 | The priest must be celibate in order to purify himself for the handling of the sacred in the sacrament . |