Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun pl] and [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it matters in a broad sense , in that the ability to master a variety of skills and express oneself through a variety of media ( including language , music and the visual arts ) is important to any well-rounded and educated person . |
| 2 | She had spurned the hypocritical cant beloved of politicians and addressed herself directly to the people , showing how well she knew them , telling them what they whispered in their hearts but dared not speak , calling their bluff ! |
| 3 | Suddenly she came out through the last curtain of trees and found herself looking down over sunlit green meadowland to where a railway line wound like a serpent through a cutting at the foot . |
| 4 | Tallis ran to Swimmer of Lakes and flung herself across its back , twisting into a sitting position and quickly flinging a simple rope harness around its neck . |
| 5 | Something like that , said Hodgkiss : Wittgenstein asked if there could be a natural history of colour , like the natural history of plants and answered himself that such a natural history was , unlike that of plants , outside time . |
| 6 | I meowed a couple of times and steeled myself as she came over . |
| 7 | pulls on his trunks then he swims for a while , gets out , takes off his trunks , puts his towel round himself , rubs himself , walks round the pool a couple of times and rubs himself |
| 8 | Whenever you go to a new site , start your search by burying a couple of coins and reminding yourself of the different note each one makes in your headphones . |
| 9 | He has never stayed in any one place longer than a couple of years and prides himself on knowing when to go . |
| 10 | We , we ca n't stand there in front of members and put ourselves in the firing line if we do n't know the answers to their questions . |
| 11 | Dan picked up her pack of cigarettes and lit himself one . |