Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] [art] " 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 | The fact that I can take pleasure in each day as it comes , that I do n't churn myself up into a state of hyperactive neuroticism ? ’ |
| 8 | At any moment and with no warning he 'll throw himself on to the floor and do like a hundred push-ups . |
| 9 | He remained keen on jiving and would throw himself all over the place , hair wild and eyes sparkling . |
| 10 | It is a problem not easily solved by the classic methods of stratigraphical palaeontology , as obviously we will land ourselves immediately in an impossible circular argument if we say , firstly that a particular lithology is synchronous on the evidence of its fossils , and secondly that the fossils are synchronous on the evidence of the lithology . |
| 11 | HAVE noticed that any old grandad who can prop himself up on a spade can dig better than I can , and it does seem that although women have virtues not given to men , men also have their gifts . |
| 12 | On Fridays and other fast-days he would lock himself up in the church for many hours . |
| 13 | If the caller could identify himself either by an ID number or a codeword his call would be transferred to the relevant extension . |
| 14 | How do we know he wo n't discharge himself again after a week ? |
| 15 | A diplomat who spent most of his working life in foreign capitals could easily feel himself part of an aristocratic international to which national feeling was hardly more than a vulgar plebeian prejudice . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She said she might as well chuck herself out of the window . |
| 19 | Why not give herself over to the silliness of it , instead of feeling distress ? |
| 20 | You 'll do yourself out of a job |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ’ . |
| 23 | These dilemmas may even present themselves shortly after a long policy discussion when both parties have agreed on the proper procedure . |
| 24 | A road haulage business seeking to expand need not restrict itself entirely to the road transport industry . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Naisbitt is a shrewd observer and in practice he does not limit himself strictly to the confines of content analysis . |
| 27 | By his own accounts , he could hardly keep himself away from the battle lines in Central America . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The supreme example of spiny defence is shown by the porcupine fish , a small inflatable creature that can puff itself up into a prickly sphere , either with an intake of water when under the surface , or with air when it has been caught and removed from the sea . |
| 30 | In London , meanwhile , a Whitehall report citing all sorts of commercial opportunities at the British Museum has drawn a defensive response : suggestions that the museum might see itself more like a branch of the leisure industry have got the staff bristling with indignation . |