Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That might have been the case once , but now we produce perfectly good coaches ourselves , and I 'm concerned the incentive will disappear if administrators continue to look only to Australia . ’ |
| 2 | If we are to retain a level of even-handedness when dealing with employers ourselves we should at least make sure our own house is in order . |
| 3 | I was brought up to work in the garden with my father ; we had to grow vegetables ourselves because money was tight . |
| 4 | We do not , of course , wish to gloat , having come close to liquidation many times ourselves , but it has to be said , WELL DONE , SIDCOMBE ! |
| 5 | True , Kant thinks that if morality is ultimately valid it is because we have somehow settled on these imperatives ourselves at the noumenal level , but to this — apart from the dubiousness of the metaphysics — it is likely to be objected that if the imperatives spring from myself it is quite proper for me to rescind them when convenient . |
| 6 | Course we were only kids ourselves like , you know . |
| 7 | Mm then why are n't we self sufficient in , in say , manufacture manufactured goods , why do we import cars from Germany , as well as producing cars ourselves ? |
| 8 | My contention is , that as animals ourselves , we inherit genetically a whole network of such reactions within which our language-games are integrated and to some extent grounded . |
| 9 | Erm the contract is always between three parties ourselves the advertiser and the doctors ' practice . |
| 10 | His two teenage sons were fanatically keen on farming and he encouraged them in all the agricultural skills ; but he fed the calves himself . |
| 11 | Lillian Graham and Lionel Luyt danced the leads in Suite , but it was remarked that Luyt ‘ no longer has to sustain all the male roles himself , and can share them with useful dancers like John Cranko and David Poole ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Someone who scourges himself excessively . ’ |
| 13 | He taught her the words of the Angelus , the Hail Mary ; though he said that he could not quite use all the words himself literally , but he respected those who could , and he did not think there was anything in it which made Mary take the place of her Son . |
| 14 | He stared , then said her words himself , the way |
| 15 | He edited the thousands of words himself , sleeves up and headline brain working overtime , until it was wrestled into shape under Lynda Lee-Potter 's byline as a very Daily Mail kind of story , where men and men and women are dangerous . |
| 16 | Eden took a close personal interest in the 1955 Review of Strategy , writing the guidelines himself : |
| 17 | Once briefed , the photographer should be left to compose the pictures himself and if he says something will not make a good picture his judgement should be accepted . |
| 18 | A practical consideration when testing vehicle parts is for the defendant to be asked to apply the part such as brakes himself . |
| 19 | In 1928–29 he was an ideal supplier of chances for Len Griffiths and Harry Havelock , while also providing 10 League goals himself from 16 appearances ( including a hat-trick at Brighton just before Christmas ) and helping the Palace to their best run in the FA Cup for years . |
| 20 | Norman Crawford then pulled off a master stroke , introducing McConnell , and he set up Mark Burns for a short corner strike in the 46th minute before adding two goals himself in the space of five minutes to leave Holywood 4–2 ahead . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's the best thing about Mark ; he may have scored 28 goals himself , but he 's probably created about half of our goals entirely , ’ says his Ibrox team-mate John Brown . |
| 22 | Fru Blicher continued , ‘ We 've not had time to print Herr Eberhardt 's programme — in any case , he wants this to be a somewhat informal occasion — so Herr Eberhardt will introduce each of his songs himself . |
| 23 | This is a great picture book on the making of Francis Ford Coppola 's film , as well as an interesting portrait of ol' red eyes himself . |
| 24 | It used to hurt me that an African who was considered good enough to hand the cement to the man to lay the bricks could n't get the opportunity to lay the bricks himself and become a qualified tradesman . " |
| 25 | I mean , my own al , local university is Essex , and they specialize in er , what we call , electronic systems theory , and also in basic engineerings themself . |
| 26 | He 'd seen the face of Hapexamendios Himself , and half-crazed by the sight had been unable to resist the summons , and the binding , when it came . |
| 27 | Not that he had minded in the least , for if he had a daughter as rich as Gemma and a fellow like Tristan Gage were to come along he 'd take all the necessary steps himself to see that she could never be cheated . |
| 28 | She had a steady boyfriend who had never suffered from herpes himself , and , after a difficult first year following her primary attack , she had gradually improved until she finally went nine months without any trouble . |
| 29 | It was cheap to do , too , as Simon designed and made all the units himself . |
| 30 | There is nothing a five-year-old likes better than being read to , although he may spend considerable time looking at books himself and may even pretend to read . |