Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb -s] [pn reflx] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | The male busies himself with placing the eggs in a nest , and when this is complete , the ritual can begin again . |
| 2 | The story concerns itself with those negotiations . |
| 3 | While literature in the West concerns itself with little more than sex and other people 's books , there on the farther shore writers matter . |
| 4 | Though one is lost and another damaged , the survivor is sent off into space with the forest when the scientist destroys himself with his ship to conceal the fact that the forest still exists . |
| 5 | However , as one of the main findings of this research was that arts educators were not aware of recent changes in modes adopted to undertake professional development generally , the first part of the chapter concerns itself with a review of this issue , exemplars being drawn from arts education where these are available . |
| 6 | The student positions himself with the right foot forward , and the body weight evenly distributed . |
| 7 | The Profitboss surrounds himself with achievers : Frankie Dockertz who achieves the most efficient warehouse operation in the region , Liz Mills who has eyes for selecting the best sales people in the country , Betty Boyd who provides the most reliable administrative back-up in the company . |
| 8 | The narrator aligns himself with the character by various means , including the use of concept metaphors , syntactic structure ( Adriaens 1970 , Halliday 1971 , Lee 1976 ) and underlexicalisation ( the use of a restricted vocabulary : see Fowler 1981 , 1986 ) . |
| 9 | The effect is that the individual identifies herself with an existence which is imposed upon her . |
| 10 | In this way , the Party furnishes itself with an army of willing and uncomplaining helpers for the vital tasks of conducting electoral campaigns . |