Example sentences of "of [verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and they come to MPs like me to try and find some way of helping themselves out of the dilemma . |
| 2 | This deed somehow necessitated a second manoeuvre , that of picking myself up off the floor . |
| 3 | Obviously the car must contain some high-ranking officer , probably a general , who would not be at all pleased to find an important branch of M.I.9 in the process of closing itself down for the weekend early on a Saturday morning . |
| 4 | Wivenhoe 's only chance of hauling themselves back into the match came in the 48th minute when Gray was pulled down by keeper Caskey , who then saved the spot kick from Abrahams . |
| 5 | I waited for another few seconds and then crossed the landing to my own flat where I completed my own process of locking myself in for the night . |
| 6 | All the same , she realised she had to earn a living to support herself and Matt , and hit upon the idea of setting herself up as a hairdresser . |
| 7 | And of entrusting ourselves in to the power of his mercy . |