Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are unable to love ourselves enough to allow for weakness . |
| 2 | Gazzer hauled himself up to sit on top of the pill-box . |
| 3 | When his kiss only brushed her cheekbone , she pulled herself away to stare into doubt . |
| 4 | He stroked a strand of hair from her face , and Robyn forced herself not to shiver with delight at the gentleness of his touch . |
| 5 | Robbie lay there , telling herself sternly to go to sleep . |
| 6 | Your Directors unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of the aforementioned Resolutions , and intend themselves so to vote in respect of their own beneficial holdings totalling 117,180 ordinary shares representing 0.07% of the present issues ordinary share capital . |
| 7 | There was a very long and comfortable settee in front of the window which had a view of the River Thames which mesmerized me to such an extent that I could scarcely tear myself away to go to bed . |
| 8 | Those few who consciously risked the consequences of disregarding it , or allowed themselves unthinkingly to slide into overindebtedness , could still suffer the degradation of what went for life behind the walls of the Marshalsea or the Kidderminster dungeon . |