Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pn reflx] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am slightly irritated to find myself thinking the same thought at the same point every evening , but also rather comforted . |
| 2 | But she gripped her hands together to help herself bear the wailing glory of the music which was a lament for all lost and gone , loved things , an expression of a grief she had thought too deep to express . |
| 3 | On a wider note , authors need to organise themselves to redress the current imbalance of power . |
| 4 | You know ’ — she almost had to force herself to use the strange name — ‘ Buck Kettering 's daughter . ’ |
| 5 | You might want to arrive early for the celebrations to allow yourself to catch the annual Dublin Film Festival ( February 28 — March 8 ) . |
| 6 | Some winklebrain from the bank who managed to get himself sacked the following week ( and you really do have to be a winklebrain to get ejected from there ) stepped out one evening with Stu for a post- Arbeit beverage at Squires Wine Bar . |
| 7 | I failed to get myself introduced the other night . |
| 8 | Then they had to brace themselves to pass the few people standing along the church wall . |
| 9 | He had to take a deep breath to stop himself tasting the delicate spot again . |
| 10 | and then wrote himself a note to remind himself to untie the blooming thing . |
| 11 | If you possess these , you will not find it difficult to bring yourself to learn the simple arithmetic of grief , its common pattern and some of its variations , and you will find that as your knowledge increases your fears will decrease . |