Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm very optimistic that we can get the goals , but we do n't need to chase the game right from the start and leave ourselves exposed at the back . |
| 2 | The press was too great and we found ourselves trapped by the crowd just in front a massive , black-timbered scaffold . |
| 3 | I had never spoken to anyone who used a wheelchair before , and we soon found ourselves immersed in a conversation about our mutual ‘ problems ’ . |
| 4 | And yet it was inevitable , given our subject matter , that we should find ourselves caught in the inherent conflict between fact and faith . |
| 5 | From here we descend to the crypt and find ourselves surrounded by the 11C remains of the Romanesque basilica . |
| 6 | We did n't see him , but we had a superb seafood meal in a trattoria on a hill and found ourselves adopted by a shaggy island dog , another hazard of Mediterranean voyaging . |
| 7 | The Salvadorean people are giving a lesson to the whole world , and especially to the North Americans , because even after almost three years of finding ourselves beset by the guerrilla , a total misgovernment by the PDC and a catastrophic foreign intervention , we still have the moral integrity " to continue protecting against such a calamity " , financed and encouraged in part by the leftist sectors which have infiltrated the North American government … |
| 8 | Just as it was our duty , we felt , to shower two or three times a day and keep ourselves wrapped in a permanent cloud of Charlie perfume , so , it seemed , it was the male imperative to cultivate mossy teeth and socks that could stand up on their own . |
| 9 | Er we do have to get involved with the community and we just find ourselves drawn into the community without any real problems . |
| 10 | We make ourselves known in the village w erm you see we 've got the peace movement at the moment and last year er we always have put a wreath . |
| 11 | However , we can restore the corners without disturbing the edges , and once the corners are correct , we can not find ourselves left with a single pair of edges to exchange ( as we shall see later ) . |
| 12 | If justice reigns at all , we will find ourselves barred at the first threshold of the underworld . |
| 13 | So too , if we consult the Report of Her Majesty 's Chief Inspector of Constabulary , 1975 ( or almost any other year for that matter ) we find ourselves assailed within the space of only a few paragraphs with repeated references to The report was generous enough to remind us that the personal violence over which so much ink had been spilled amounted to less than 4 per cent of known serious crime . |
| 14 | The UN High Commissioner for Refugees , Sadako Ogata , declared : " If we do not act immediately and forcefully on both the political and humanitarian fronts , we may find ourselves stranded with an open-ended relief programme and a massive permanent refugee problem in the heart of Europe … |
| 15 | When we then find ourselves confronted by the weary who need sustaining , both in personal conversation and in public worship alike , we have this reservoir to draw on . |
| 16 | Not so the antihero himself paralysed by the disease of hyperconsciousness in abstract Petersburg . |
| 17 | He 's managed to get himself sacked from the Shakespeare School of English . |
| 18 | And Ollie managed to get himself sacked from the place . |
| 19 | Yet Hitler himself referred to the S.A.S. as ‘ so-called commandos who are recruited in part from common criminals released from prison … captured S.A.S. troops must be handed over at once to the nearest Gestapo unit … these men are very dangerous , and the presence of S.A.S. troops must be immediately reported … they must be ruthlessly exterminated . ’ |
| 20 | The novelist has himself referred to the self-generating quality of these works : he seems to provide the reader with a metaphor of the construction of narrative . |
| 21 | We know that he himself referred to the daunting shadow of Beethoven 's greatness — and we can assume that public expectation was just as daunting , given that he was regarded as Beethoven 's heir . |
| 22 | When he could make himself heard over the roar of the aircraft and the storm outside we heard him say : ‘ My God , I forgot to bring the air mail ! ’ |
| 23 | Thinking that the police were arresting the wrong man , he attempted to attract the arresting policeman 's attention , and seized his arm for this purpose , since he could not make himself heard over the hubbub . |
| 24 | James Halden bent his leonine head to make himself heard above the hissing steam . |
| 25 | One of his rules , which Miss Claybury could not contest , was that all patients must be spoken to kindly , but it was hard to make himself heard above the noise . |
| 26 | Luke had to raise his voice to make himself heard above the noise of the rotors , but the grin on his face made it clear that he , at least , was enjoying himself . |
| 27 | Norman Tebbit was still on his feet , waving what appeared to be a small Union Jack , and trying manfully to make himself heard above the din . |
| 28 | He shouted to make himself heard above the din : " I want to see you at once , " |
| 29 | Struggling to make himself heard above the chants of the crowd , the manager said : ‘ I have only been on Teesside for ten months , but thank you for making it memorable so far . |
| 30 | Trevor Skeet struggled to make himself heard against the din . |