Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [pn reflx] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since expansion takes place laterally on exposure to moisture , there must be a resulting contraction longitudinally , which manifests itself by rotation of the coil to unwind , with of course , expansion on drying . |
| 2 | A group which perpetuates itself by endogamous sexual reproduction usually has some perception of ethnic identity . |
| 3 | I have grown it myself for the last twelve years , in a small colony in a north-facing border which maintains itself by self-sown seedlings . |
| 4 | There she suspends herself by her feet and takes a well-earned rest , having done her best to ensure that her single babe , in spite of everything , has received its proper milk-ration . |
| 5 | Like the Saussurian sign , she defines herself by and through her relations with others . |
| 6 | He 's a world-famous scientist searching for a cancer cure , she 's the spiky assistant who proves herself by falling for him . |
| 7 | She exacerbates all his old anxieties and feelings of ambivalence towards ‘ mothers ’ , and because he can not cope , he defends himself by ignoring her as far as possible . |
| 8 | He grooms himself by touch : he favours an electric razor and does his own barbering with a brutal pair of kitchen scissors . |
| 9 | Recruitment to its ranks is highly selective in terms of social and educational status , and it perpetuates itself by spending parts of its accumulated surpluses on privileged education , often abroad , for its favoured sons ( and occasionally daughters ) . |
| 10 | Conran never really switches off from work , because he surrounds himself by objects that are beautifully designed . |
| 11 | He judges himself by being better . |
| 12 | He finds himself by looking in the works of others . |
| 13 | ‘ I ’ , ‘ me ’ or ‘ mine ’ are words that are frequently heard in the classroom , as a child proudly announces that he has ‘ built a big tower ’ or ‘ got one like that ’ , or as he asserts himself by virtue of possession , ‘ That 's mine ’ . |