Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [adv] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be easier if we all presented a resume of ourselves rather than waited for the questions ! |
| 2 | For centuries civilised man thought poetry was the pinnacle he must reach for — ’ He caught himself suddenly and smiled for the first time Blanche had known him to , the embarrassed smile of a passionate devotee who suddenly discovers that everyone around him , whom he thought entranced by his obsession , was in fact sniggering behind his back . |
| 3 | He loved these allusions to river craft and the water , once describing himself approvingly as looking like a rough bargeman . |
| 4 | Then he started to pull himself together , returned to Hollywood and stayed sober — except for Sundays , when he would lock himself away and drink like a fish . |
| 5 | He pulled himself away and sat on the edge of the bed . |
| 6 | He shrugged himself upright and moved towards the door . |
| 7 | This actually was the game against Birmingham and here he comes out fearlessly spreads himself beautifully and robs of a goal there . |
| 8 | In particular , a firm undertaking FDI needs a firm-specific advantage ( e.g. a brand name of a patent ) , which it prefers to exploit itself rather than license to an existing domestic producer . |
| 9 | But the solid Swiss world was no phantom , nor would the solar system cease forging steadily through interstellar space : the sun did swing away from our casement , for all that Mary said , for all our forgetting of time , and the baby awoke and cried ; so that Mary , giving me a langourous look , dressed herself carelessly and went down the stairs . |
| 10 | She rolled onto a knee , then pushed herself upright and reached for the bottle of Sancerre in one complete , if clumsy , movement . |
| 11 | Emerging from the fragrant warmth of a sudsy bath some time later , Lissa dried herself carefully and slipped into a gold-coloured satin teddy . |
| 12 | She has a tendency to hug herself tightly when grappling with a question , and at one point , when I asked her how she saw herself in the future , grown up and faced with decisions about her own children , she panicked for an instant and had to be consoled by the female interpreter . |