Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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31 Banks that want to cash in on the consolidation of American banking now under way may also need to rid themselves of property .
32 Groups will also need to organise themselves and delegate different tasks in order to produce their newspaper by a strict deadline .
33 You will need to steel yourself for this possible increase ( initially ) in the behaviour you want to eliminate ; but do n't lose heart — stick to your guns .
34 After all , I do n't need to insure myself against Maurice 's treachery any more , do I ? ’
35 Salah did not need to persuade himself ; and his Egyptian teacher was also anxious that his daughter should continue — — but he did not want her to be the only one .
36 Waveney member David Porter said : ‘ We do n't need to divide ourselves over Maastricht and other European matters .
37 The banks themselves must weigh up lending costs and risks , and in many cases will seek to protect themselves by requesting some form of security , e.g. property deeds , bonds , stocks , etc. , from the borrower .
38 It was ‘ natural ’ and defensible , on the ground that one medium might reasonably seek to protect itself by investing in a competitor .
39 In such emergency situations your dog will be frightened anyway , and you will need to protect yourself as far as possible against being bitten .
40 Ministers may choose to delegate the carrying out of particular tasks to their subordinates , especially their permanent secretaries but , because they are answerable to Parliament , they will need to satisfy themselves that the delegated tasks are being performed satisfactorily .
41 Matters of town planning , of course , and all local land charges that are exempt from registration are the same as in unregistered conveyancing , and if there has been any development of the property you 'll need to satisfy yourself before exchange that formal town planning and by-law permits will be handed over or inspected on completion .
42 Given the forecast , onset of winter and the state of the weather which washed out more than half yesterday 's play , he may not need to stir himself further in this game .
43 Those moves themselves were very probably not unrelated to the family 's general social mobility — the two would co-exist , especially for an entrepreneur like Benjamin , who would seek to better himself whenever and wherever he could .
44 As Carrie limped back to the house beside Seb , she said , ‘ You 'll need to watch yourself , Seb .
45 To do this , the group will need to ally itself strategically to these information providers .
46 and he had this handle , a and er they were saying , we 'll need to get ourself a handle ,
47 ‘ You 're going to have to bloody jump to get yourself clear of this one . ’
48 He does n't need to excuse himself for interrupting his narrative .
49 Blanche had increasingly come to accept that doing her best was good enough and that she did not need to measure herself against some ideal standard .
50 Will you give this matter serious thought and see if you can either consider standing yourself or can nominate a ‘ willing ! ’ candidate .
51 The latter urged far-reaching reforms that could only be implemented by a revolutionary dictatorship , which would need to realign itself internationally in order to secure protection against the United States .
52 But if his NES is to survive the lobbying in Congress , both he and the White House beast may need educating themselves .
53 All right , I 'll put a sling on that arm , and if the pain gets worse you must promise to take yourself to the hospital . ’
54 In practice this means that we do n't need to concern ourselves with the contents of such data files ; they 're not for human consumption without previous digestion by a computer .
55 Clearly , we would not need to concern ourselves with the meaning of analogue information if all sources of text , numerics , sounds and images were digital .
56 Erm , we do n't really need to concern ourselves with it in detail , thank God , because genetics is a terribly complicated business and awfully technical and I do n't understand a , a tenth of it , and we do n't really need to .
57 There they were , crawling on one tiny planet , not knowing why they were there : all in the same boat — why did they need to defend themselves against each other ?
58 Woe unto them , say I , who do not seek to improve themselves but cling with misplaced loyalty to the speech of their parents , as they do to the homes they were born into .
59 Bases of the 14th Army had come under attack from civilians looking for weapons , and initial assurances that the Army would remain neutral were followed by a statement issued on March 17 that , should war in the region become a reality , the Army would act to defend itself .
60 July brings confusion to your romance and you may need to remind yourself why you 're in love !
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