Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Anyone who has enrolled himself as a disciple of Jesus will want to study the Gospels to discover his teaching about prayer .
2 We , Christian communicators from 14 African countries , are committed to the proclamation of the Kingdom of God to the whole of humanity through mass media and other means of communication , following the example of God Himself as a communicator Who has revealed Himself in His Son , Jesus Christ .
3 ‘ You 're hardly a teenager who has to explain herself to her mother . ’
4 Charles Spencer comes on stage as the nice guy who has dissociated himself from the forced sale of tenants ' cottages , grieved over the disposal of historic treasures and heralded a new degage era of neighbourliness .
5 Here now is an Arab leader who has shown himself to be capable not only of standing up to the mightiest military force in the world , but also of retaliating .
6 Could our good Christian Mrs Dallam possibly expose her daughter , and her friends ' daughters , to a woman like Marie , who has shown herself on a public stage for money , and lived with one man while married to another ?
7 It is the stars showing special characteristics which are of particular interest to the observer who has equipped himself with binoculars or a telescope .
8 Supporters of his visit included Western Goals founder member Stuart Millson , who has described himself as a fascist and a racist , and BNP deputy leader Richard Edmonds , who has said he wanted to emulate what Le Pen has done in France .
9 However , the reader who has to look herself for these useful references will find much else to inform and entertain .
10 ‘ There is at least one who has adapted himself to circumstance , ’ observed Theda .
11 Now what do you reckon is the most difficult … the most dangerous job in sport … boxer … jump jockey … racing driver you could argue all night could n't you … what about a chap who has to protect himself from head to foot … gets fired at … and skates on ice … in other words the netminder in ice hockey … see for yourself in our Friday Feature
12 Six blocks away a 52-year-old doorman who tried to protect himself with an ice pick was killed by a teenager with an automatic handgun .
13 TOURING America with your home at your back is a popular option for familes and travellers on a budget who want to free themselves from the hassle of searching for somewhere to get their heads down each night .
14 While Montgomerie radiated confidence and respect for the course , it was a typically down-beat Sandy Lyle who prepared to re-acquaint himself with the course where he made his U.S. Open debut in 1980 .
15 There are plenty of good coaches about just as there are a multitude of nice misguided types who seek to portray themselves through other people over and over again .
16 The man who came to tie himself in chains , slip into a sack and magically — with much heaving and groaning — set himself free , had attracted the usual audience of young children .
17 A silly little girl who 'd got herself into trouble !
18 Just another little Irish girl who 'd got herself into trouble . ’
19 Once again , the male homosexual is someone who refuses to risk himself in relation to the other , but now the risk is not in relation to the opposite sex ( as in Scruton and Mailer ) , but to the same sex as rival .
20 Those who manage to present themselves with a cool , unemotional middle-class style have a better chance of their messages being responded to .
21 He never understood the fools who paid to frighten themselves to death .
22 The big machines are only powered by the ratepayers ' money , and that woman who threatened to tie herself to a willow tree represents thousands upon thousands of ratepayers who share her ( and Constable 's ) convictions about the essential nature of a river .
23 But it should be added that at the press preview , I seemed to be only one of several spectators who chose to devote themselves during these scenes to a meticulous scrutiny of their shoes .
24 The weekend saw the official BAFTA awards to all those luminous darlings who managed to outshine themselves over the past year on TV or film , and the release of the England averages for their Indian tour , along with the Coopers&Lybrand ratings of Test cricketers .
25 While he fanned his charcoal-burner with bellows he gossiped to a gaggle of old women who gathered to warm themselves around his patch .
26 He who endeavours to enrich himself with the property of others , should be deprived of part of his own .
27 Those who liked to regard themselves as heroes ( ‘ milites delicati ’ ) must show a change of heart and a will to win before any victory might be theirs .
28 The leave of the court or of some other official agency may be required and official assistance may be available to those who choose to avail themselves of it ; but no special steps to initiate the actual business of service abroad will be mandatory .
29 Sam West , son of actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales , who also appears in the film , plays Leonard Bast who tries to improve himself through the arts .
30 Theresa , who does n't mind being called a whore but starts screaming if anyone calls her retarded , is the kind of character who seems to promise a fate worse than rape , but the greatest violence reside in Al , who tries to calm himself with images of lambs , only to have them open their mouths to show him teeth and worms .
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