Example sentences of "and [verb] [pn reflx] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some were of servile status and others free , although with the passage of time more and more secured their freedom ( Ch.4 ) , some might occupy barely enough land to sustain themselves and their families , while others accumulated substantial farms and became themselves employers of labour . |
| 2 | But such criticisms become increasingly unconvincing if one observes the enthusiasm with which such students throw them-selves into new fields , and make themselves experts , within a short time , in subjects they may never have studied before . |
| 3 | ‘ That is , people who were born normal and make themselves freaks through altering the body . ’ |
| 4 | Since it has already been mentioned , let us take the case of the so-called Breeches Bible , from the reading in Genesis iii.7 ‘ and they sowed fig leaves together , and made themselves breeches . |
| 5 | ‘ And they knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig leaves together , and made themselves aprons . ’ |
| 6 | On Henry 's death , therefore , the evangelicals were dominant at court , and they further consolidated their position when Edward Seymour overturned the dead king 's will and appointed himself Lord Protector Somerset . |
| 7 | Thus Henry kept Anjou and found himself ruler of an immense empire stretching all the way from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees . |
| 8 | But she almost turned and fled as she came round a corner and found herself face to face with Guido . |
| 9 | For a while , he had even resisted his name , scratching out the Jr on any documents with his full name on them , and signing himself C. Eugene Nielson . |
| 10 | Although the fiscal does not collect information or investigate the crime he is entitled to intervene and direct himself police investigations . |
| 11 | With Graeme Hick looking far more relaxed in the one-day contests , England raced to beat the 254 target and booked themselves £25,000 in prize money . |
| 12 | Observers noted that some changes , such as that which enabled President Fidel Castro to declare a state of emergency , and appoint himself leader of the National Defence Council in such an event , merely institutionalized already existing situations . |
| 13 | He reached for a cup and poured himself coffee . |
| 14 | However , Heritage Year , we felt , would simply provide another occasion , of which there were already far too many , for Britain 's architects , town planners and local authorities to pat each other on the back and give themselves awards . |
| 15 | I think it 's very much linked with the safeguard being that we have got the one year cushion of , of carry forwards sums there to meet any immediate problems within the year , and give ourselves breathing space to , to address those in the longer term . |
| 16 | Others , more cynical , practised ‘ chameleonism ’ and declared themselves Republicans in the hope of taming the Republic ; most of these attached themselves to the Radical Party , helping to turn it into , in effect , the conservative party of the Republic and increase its already considerable reputation for political and financial corruption . |
| 17 | He and his mother and stepfather were also held at gunpoint at home in Coggeshall all night as the raiders watched videos and cooked themselves meals . |
| 18 | The 27-year-old , his mother , Ann , and stepfather , Keith , were kept prisoner all night and had pillowcases pulled over their heads at their house in Coggeshall , Essex , as the thugs watched videos and cooked themselves meals . |
| 19 | She had Koresh 's baby and called herself Judy Koresh . |
| 20 | No one could have predicted it would soon arrive in the form of a boy dressed as a woman , and calling himself George … |
| 21 | But friends and well wishers rallied round and calling themselves Ashleys army , raised enough cash to buy him his own gymnasium . |
| 22 | Most dealers — invariably male and calling themselves middlemen , consultants or businessmen — tend to keep their dealings quiet and work on a commission basis rather than actually buying the hardware themselves . |
| 23 | Whilst many of these are old parishes , others are towns that previously had significant powers of their own , some retaining mayors and calling themselves town councils . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been thinking , ’ said Melissa while Iris ladled out dollops of home-made fruit yoghurt , ‘ whoever has been coming to Angy 's class and calling herself Delia Forbes must know the real Delia is away . ’ |
| 25 | He favoured suits of unusual colour and cloth with double-breasted waistcoats , and taught himself calligraphy by copying out passages from the Dictionary of National Biography in a minute Gothic script . |
| 26 | Would you like to go and recover yourself Mademoiselle |
| 27 | People often prefer to rationalize after the event and convince themselves things went well and ‘ according to plan ’ , rather than compare what was actually achieved against the objective . |
| 28 | The difficulty is that the Earl of Orford , who did not die until 5 December 1791 , was named George , while his uncle who succeeded him as fourth Earl was named Horatio , although he disliked this name , and called himself Horace Walpole instead . |
| 29 | After that he hyphened the tae surnames and called himself Juan Roberto Connor-Gómez . |
| 30 | Worked himself into a frenzy and gave himself indigestion . |