Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This desire to accommodate the life of the spirit in everyday activities is finely illustrated by the Latin instructions in a fifteenth-century manuscript as to how a devout layman should regulate his daily life , from his rising with all swiftness and signing himself with the cross , to his final return to bed when he must go to sleep in the uncertainty , salutary from a penitential , if not somnific , point of view , as to whether he will survive until the morrow . |
| 2 | Back in the days when he had yet concerned himself with the world . |
| 3 | Sir Robert Carey , Warden of the English Middle March , had been in London visiting the queen , but had prudently arranged for relays of horses to be ready for him between the capital and Edinburgh , so that he could ingratiate himself with the King of Scots by being the first to arrive with the news that he was now King of England also . |
| 4 | He found himself with the duty of helping to make a vital decision for the Church of England at a moment in its destiny . |
| 5 | We must put all our energies into the preparation for Belle Ile while Schellenberg busies himself with the Steiner affair . ’ |
| 6 | That means you fly to Leningrad and stick around for orders from someone who will introduce himself with the words , ‘ The face of the city has changed . ’ |
| 7 | It was so incongruous to hear the Maggot aligning himself with the forces of law that I was forced to ask the question . |
| 8 | Mr Attlee was careful to position himself with the majority view in Cabinet . |
| 9 | Kruger did n't soil himself with the lucre , but Lorre had his fist out at every opportunity , and was wadding the bills into a fat , healthy roll while his master attempted union with the Infinite . |
| 10 | After 1815 he first involved himself with the religious and social work of Thomas Chalmers [ q.v. ] in Glasgow and then moved to London where he initially promoted seamen 's charities and was an associate of the Evangelical Clapham sect . |
| 11 | Six years on , the family moved to Ugthorpe Lodge on the Whitby moors , a hotel with caravan site and smallholding where Mr Chance also had stables and where he involved himself with the Goathland Pony Club . |
| 12 | Oxford Polytechnic , deriving from a further education institution with poor facilities , had a struggle to establish itself with the CNAA . |
| 13 | It is certainly not without significance that the Association always maintained a link with the new youth movement by aligning itself with the Boys ' Brigade and playing an active role in the formation of the Scouts . |
| 14 | I note that , yet again , the Liberal party is aligning itself with the Labour party on social and taxation matters . |
| 15 | It was also , in his view , unpardonable on grounds of principle , since by the autumn of 1940 Vichy seemed to be aligning itself with the foreign policy of the Nazi regime and aspects of its political ideology . |
| 16 | It is a problem which seems curiously common to left-arm spinners , and manifests itself with the bowler either failing to release the ball , or propelling it vertically into the air . |
| 17 | The CNAA , in its desire to ensure that the courses which it validates are of a sufficiently high standard , has necessarily concerned itself with the resources and ethos of institutions as a whole and has not hesitated to pass judgment on them , going , some would argue , beyond the responsibilities laid upon it by its Royal Charter . |
| 18 | As the nappy fell apart , a rich brown revelation mingled itself with the scent of talcum powder . |
| 19 | A starling anointing itself with the defensive fluids of an ant . |
| 20 | Decentralization permits each locality to provide itself with the quantity of the good it prefers . |
| 21 | She had not looked deliberately , not wanting to tempt herself with the sight of him . |
| 22 | She frequently had to pinch herself with the absurdity of it all . |
| 23 | No doubt she will also enjoy herself with the best of our manhood . ’ |
| 24 | Sorrel excelled herself with the meal , although her father never mentioned it . |
| 25 | ‘ Sara has never concerned herself with the business . ’ |
| 26 | In late October he wrote again to Rohde : " This evening I was at the Euterpe Society , which has started its winter concerts , and refreshed myself with the Prelude to Tristan und Isolde as well as the Overture to Die Meistersinger . |
| 27 | ‘ Her ’ lipstick was constantly having to be renewed as more and more people found themselves with the impression of a pair of very red lips on their faces . |
| 28 | At the same time Domark , owners of a plethora of Bond licences , found themselves with the rights to Live and Let Die ; a film with a particularly violent speedboat sequence . |
| 29 | Having clarified your objectives , and provided yourself with the necessary resources , make a start . |
| 30 | Er and you , you , you provided yourself with the uniform before you came as a student nurse so that was alright for the first year , so you 'd no uniform to provide . |