Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [noun] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darwin brought not only animals but man himself into the evolutionary scheme . |
| 2 | Kick hard with your feet and position yourself by the rear quarter of the board . |
| 3 | Steel your heart , gird up your vitals and content yourself with the company of bold fellows like Kelly and myself … ’ |
| 4 | If they do not express the concept of multiple points of view in a way familiar to those schooled in western ways , we might be justified in exposing the limitations of their expressions and of the thought system within which they operate , but this would not tell us anything about the individuals or groups themselves as thinkers . |
| 5 | After eighty yards we came to the rails and sleepers themselves under a foot of water leading onwards into the blackness . |
| 6 | Franca could not answer these questions or interest herself in such formulations . |
| 7 | Cregar might lounge in silk pajamas and stuff himself with Parisian chocolates , but he was still a supporting heavy , a cringing underling who 'd never last at the top of the criminal tree . |
| 8 | The sense of joy and spiritual opportunity at the heart of this interpretation of human history and the life of faith is vibrantly embodied in a fifteenth-century carol : It has been suggested that this carol is guilty of reducing the mystery of God to human terms and redemption itself to " little more than a lark " . |
| 9 | 2 or 3 days at home in Oxfordshire is a luxury , even when he does get the chance to relax , he watches re-runs and readies himself for the next race . |
| 10 | Rather than launch into these discussions with yet another set of theories , the aim of teaching in the New Testament department is to help students to go back to the verses and passages themselves for new insights and new understanding . |
| 11 | The four-piece ensemble ( Keith Peberdy on bass ; Alan Dodgson on guitar ; Stuart Ellerton on drums and Bone himself on saxes ) just turn-up and play no rehearsal beforehand which means their jazz is totally spontaneous . |