Example sentences of "and [verb] [to-vb] [pn reflx] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hilda got hysterical and tried to kill herself with aspirins . |
| 2 | Jenny had a very poor topographical imagination and needed to apply herself with great concentration to the task of relating the main lines of street lights to her own knowledge of the town . |
| 3 | You think of the glow of pride that still lingers from your last HVS triumph with embarrassment and try to console yourself with the mitigating circumstances of age , heavy work responsibilities , duty to family , your back problem … |
| 4 | His client 's optimism and appetites , with equal suddenness , burned clear in opposition , and Charlotte had a vision of two principles in headlong collision , and chose to ally herself with her own kinsman , by intuition and once for all . |
| 5 | Dicey 's 1914 Introduction may be read as a lament ; having adopted an optimistic view of the impact of democracy on the workings of the British constitution he realized his error and wished to realign himself with Bagehot 's — if not Maine 's — more pessimistic position . |
| 6 | Stunned by the heat , they roamed the streets of Ajaccio for several days , visiting its churches and bars and trying to equip themselves with some understanding of their new surroundings . |