Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will confine ourselves here to the state-owned case , leaving regulation to chapter 5 . |
| 2 | We shall confine ourselves here to the statutory requirements which must be observed . |
| 3 | ‘ As the intention of the Society is to form Veterinary Physicians and Surgeons intended to be dispersed throughout the Kingdom to exercise usefully their art , the Professor will teach the residing pupils only the most important difference between the two medicines — that of the human body , and that of Cattle — he will confine himself strictly to the teaching of the Veterinary Science . ’ |
| 4 | Notice that Paul does not tie himself legalistically to the details of Jesus 's words . |
| 5 | The formation of planetary systems and the size and chemical composition of each member are , then , remarkably regular : given a sun-sized star a computer generally comes up with a similar range of planets to that in the solar system , with small rocky planets closest to the star and the large gaseous ones further out ( due to the effects of gravity , orbits would later space themselves out along the lines of our own solar system ) . |
| 6 | ‘ So I climbed into the back seat , ’ he recalled , ‘ stripped off the suit I was wearing and put on my pyjamas , thinking I could dry myself afterwards with the spare pair . |
| 7 | At any moment and with no warning he 'll throw himself on to the floor and do like a hundred push-ups . |
| 8 | He remained keen on jiving and would throw himself all over the place , hair wild and eyes sparkling . |
| 9 | On Fridays and other fast-days he would lock himself up in the church for many hours . |
| 10 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 11 | Paul Johnson 's production is a masterwork of clarity and while it does n't quite haul itself up to the avant-garde peaks of Celtic Frost , it hammers off at enough tangents to cover almost all the bases . |
| 12 | She said she might as well chuck herself out of the window . |
| 13 | Why not give herself over to the silliness of it , instead of feeling distress ? |
| 14 | If you know what your aims are ; if you make sure that you know how to memorise and recall ; if your reviews are effective , with good concentration , you may feel yourself well on the way to becoming a successful student with a bright future . |
| 15 | When Mrs Gaskell herself went to stay with a duke , her daughter , Meta , suggested that they should dress themselves up in the bed curtains ‘ of thick white satin stamped with little rosebuds ’ . |
| 16 | A road haulage business seeking to expand need not restrict itself entirely to the road transport industry . |
| 17 | The object may lend itself equally to the expression of difference , indicating the separate domains to which people or aspects of people belong , and to the expression of unity , connecting otherwise diverse domains . |
| 18 | Naisbitt is a shrewd observer and in practice he does not limit himself strictly to the confines of content analysis . |
| 19 | By his own accounts , he could hardly keep himself away from the battle lines in Central America . |
| 20 | Having loved Martha from the bottom of his heart , Sam now found that he loved his daughter every bit as much , and could hardly tear himself away from the cradle , where he would spend hours gazing at the fruit and blessing of the union . |
| 21 | Europe 's highest mountain railway which beings in Grindelwald and climbs through magnificent scenery to the Jungfrau is a must ; and there are excursions to Berne and Lucerne , if you can tear yourself away from the mountains for long enough ! |
| 22 | At present , Ann led and Megan followed , but that would sort itself out in the long run . |
| 23 | One yank and she had a feeling it would detach itself completely from the dashboard . |
| 24 | Both of them were wary , but at least Hayley did n't throw herself out of the window . |
| 25 | Hayley 's real father had turned up , demanding to take her home with him , and there were tears and tantrums from Hayley , who declared , as she frequently did , that she 'd throw herself out of the window . |
| 26 | Did she bail herself out in the end with over her money situation . |
| 27 | Did she bail herself out in the end with over her money situation ? |
| 28 | And we do not take ourselves seriously like the French : we can demolish everything with our humour . |
| 29 | We must apply ourselves right to the end of games . ’ |
| 30 | What it meant was that matter could curve a region in on itself so much that it would effectively cut itself off from the rest of the universe . |