Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pn reflx] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | St Albans Crown Court heard how 50 year old David Lashley raped and killed the 24 year old after earning himself the reputation of a habitual rapist . |
| 2 | Nor had Innocent any intention of allowing himself the humiliation of Lateran I where the council defeated the pope . |
| 3 | She gulped , barely capable of denying herself the inevitable . |
| 4 | After the fight with the beggars he had left the sack with Allen and Marian because it had seemed to him an ingenious way of saving himself the trouble of carrying it to Simon 's hut and back again while at the same time it was a guarantee that the children would remain until he returned . |
| 5 | The answer is to develop the habit of asking yourself the question ‘ What went well ? ’ |
| 6 | Then she went on with the lovely task of making herself the most important lady in Tollemarche . |
| 7 | At a congress on Jan. 20 the NDPD voted against renaming itself the Republicans . |
| 8 | For Japanese to be discriminated against because of the colour of their skin , despite Japan 's success in proving herself the military and political equal of other powers , implied the virtual impossibility of Japan 's being accepted as a full equal by the industrialized nations of the West . |
| 9 | In saving themselves the Bravoes had saved George as well although only from the consequences not the horror . |
| 10 | People have got to be involved in solving themselves the problems themselves . |
| 11 | But whether or not they had sufficient power to exert real influence on state policy , the monarchs were justified in considering themselves the most important persons on the European political stage . |
| 12 | Knowing what Edmund has done to his real father might have given Cornwall pause before proclaiming himself the next one . |
| 13 | None the less the opposite argument is equally shaky ; it would be frightening to imagine teachers embarking on the planning of a term 's work or even one single-period unit without asking themselves the simplest questions : " Why am I doing this ? |
| 14 | It was as if he were scouring all the weakness out of himself by an equivalent to giving himself the disease . |
| 15 | Callaghan was confused at finding himself the centre of attention . |
| 16 | The creditor may have done enough by superintending himself the execution of the document and by attempting to assure himself by means of questions or explanation that she knows to what she is committing herself . |
| 17 | She wanted to please him , to see him smile , and tease her by calling himself the Master , and pretending that she was his slave . |
| 18 | The troubles in Kent dragged on sporadically for some two years ; in August 1450 a certain William Parmenter virtually proclaimed himself Cade 's successor by calling himself the second captain of Kent , in April 1451 there were troubles fomented by Henry Hasilden , and in May 1452 there was yet further disorder ( 42 ) . |
| 19 | Similarly , he feels that by offering it as a no-cost option , the company invalidates the criticism that users will tie themselves into a non-standard technology : since V.32terbo is downwardly compatible with V.32bis , he points out that users are not losing anything by giving themselves the option of faster transmission with V.32terbo . |
| 20 | Mungall responded by making himself the engine which drove Tranmere 's counter attacks and pulled against the weight of Leicester 's pressure . |
| 21 | The United States government has the power , not only to compel the European governments to make peace , but also to reassure the populations by making itself the guarantor of the peace . |