Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [noun pl] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the sensitivities of both for the sufferings of men , women , and children drawn unwillingly into the war reflect something of the way in which thinking men asked themselves whether war was , in fact , not so much a way to peace as the prolongation of bitter conflict . |
| 2 | One of her Lock pictures assembled itself in Marie 's head : miles of crawling grey sea kicking up frills of white foam and the castle black , romantic , against it . |
| 3 | She 'd be there in good time herself , given half a chance , to eat their game pies and their plum cakes and drink their wine , to stand by their log fires to warm herself . |
| 4 | I remember how her country beginnings showed themselves then : she made no fuss about seeming to be lost , nor did she work herself up into a state as the aunts would have done , just stood there patiently and quietly while I untangled her and found the way ; and did not even grumble , although after that I let her decide where we should go , which was usually across a field near the sewage plant , and along a road near the gasworks . |
| 5 | The package with its design attributes lends itself to the production of manuals and directories |
| 6 | At lunch at the commissary of 20th Century Fox , Spyros P. Skouras ( he who had insisted that his movie makers clear themselves of Communist taint ) asked in his speech where else in the world but in America could a poor Greek boy have become so important a person as president of 20th Century Fox ? |
| 7 | Her hands fluttered at his upper arms and then clung , her fingers digging desperately into the material of his jacket sleeves to prevent herself sagging and falling . |
| 8 | He used another of his plastic cards to let himself in through the back door . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , it will happen inevitably as your skin cells replace themselves . |
| 10 | Consequently , I was not surprised in our seminar discussions to find myself directing more questions and raising more problems when we were talking about structure and discourse than when the focus was on lexis . |
| 11 | A significant minority of our survey subjects referred themselves to the GP , drugs counsellor , and so on . |
| 12 | the know your client rules satisfy yourself as to the suitability for the Client of the proposed Investment Business |