Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [pn reflx] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruling groups have found that their interests are best safeguarded if they are supported by a work force which can not think for itself in the coherent way writing affords . |
| 2 | Too many investigators would all fall over themselves in the confusion . |
| 3 | Looks , of course , are n't everything , but they do have a bearing when it comes to choosing an instrument , and the Carlton 's sales figures may speak for themselves in the months to come . |
| 4 | Allen could look after himself in the forest . |
| 5 | One reaches over my shoulder and cranes his neck so that he can look at himself in the mirror . |
| 6 | I would look at myself in the mirror , check out the grey hairs , trace the emerging lines and fading lip line and ask myself , ‘ Why ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But at the end of the day , I can look at myself in the mirror and say I gave 100 per cent . |
| 8 | You think I can look at myself in the morning with a damn great blue glass spike in my skull yelling at me , ‘ Hey , you 're a freak ’ ? |
| 9 | Children do not listen to themselves in the way that adults ( sometimes ) do . |