Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [verb] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two years later we find Datini himself writing in the same vein to one of his partners in Spain , Cristofano di Bartolo , whom he wished to persuade to come home . |
| 2 | These tales made quite an impression on me as did the story of Uncle Fred 's eldest son , young Fred as he was known , putting on his age and managing to join the Marines when only sixteen , then found himself serving on the same ship as his father during the great battle — something of a unique record . |
| 3 | as if that was n't enough , Patrick Eggle himself telephoned within a few minutes to confer on the requested changes . |
| 4 | A shopkeeper who refused to sell constables cigarettes at a discount and complained of the illegal sale of similar goods to the public from their own trading organization , the Police Guild , could find himself summonsed by the same officers for employing children under age ( which in turn gave rise to the banning of the Police Guild by the Watch Committee ) . |
| 5 | Tony said he would not allow himself to get into the same state and that he would talk to someone about how he was feeling , probably his father or even his mother , and that he would try to do something active about his problems , rather than just giving up . |
| 6 | In his new job Spracklen could find himself working alongside a former Cambridge coach , Neil Campbell , who guided the Light Blues to their only recent Boat Race success , in 1986 . |
| 7 | One stickleback will put another to flight when it is an owner attacking an intruder , but will itself flee from the same individual when it is an intruder on the other 's territory . |
| 8 | Sabine found herself travelling in the same direction , Rohan 's arm firmly round her shoulders . |
| 9 | She allowed herself to read for no more than half an hour a day . |
| 10 | They need a new identity , but in seeking it they find themselves competing for the same political space with social movements that share their radical vocation . |
| 11 | Without warning , Weissman and his audience found themselves separated by no more than a cardboard partition from a noisy meeting of a local school maintenance workers ' union , voting not to end its strike . |
| 12 | I find myself pausing for a few dots myself before I turn over the page to find where all this is leading . |
| 13 | You see the thing is you can record and listen to yourself speaking at the same time ? |
| 14 | Even with regard to this episode Margaret showed a sisterly loyalty : I am told that when she and Ivy found themselves staying at the same hotel as Cecilia Ady , Eleanor Jourdain 's chief opponent , ‘ there was a marked coldness ’ . |
| 15 | Two rival regiments of the peacetime British Army found themselves quartered in the same town . |
| 16 | SERAFIN : ‘ From Greenwich to Westminster ’ — which I should think would involve somewhat similar considerations — ‘ even though it takes longer , even though I ca n't read or watch television to keep myself entertained at the same time , even though it demands a greater expenditure of concentration and nervous energy — and , one might possibly add , physical labour in pushing and pulling the various levers and pedals involved … ’ |
| 17 | It may be an unpalatable thought , but we suspect that to an increasing degree throughout the 1990s brewers and conservationists will find themselves standing on the same side of the fence . |
| 18 | ‘ I then wrote to Gwen , inviting myself to stay for a few weeks . |
| 19 | Is that not a crushing answer to those who would maintain that Miller and myself live in the same flat ? |
| 20 | As so often in this story of my own anorexia nervosa , I find myself arriving at the same conclusion , the same central statement : it could have worked for some people , but it did n't work for me . |
| 21 | This is the date England had originally set aside for a friendly against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin but which both Robson and Jack Charlton agreed to abandon when they found themselves paired in the same World Cup group . |