Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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1 | It is only when he is out of his mind that he strengthens himself unwilling . ’ |
2 | No club was named in the piece but Wyre Boat Angling Club have complained to Angler 's Mail that they recognized themselves as the targets of Bob 's attack — and say his comments are inaccurate , totally unjustified and reflect solely a minority view . |
3 | It had been a long time since she had had to stop herself simply blowing away an enemy that she found herself unable to either maim or restrain . |
4 | It was through this involvement and my direct experience of lesbian oppression that I found myself wanting to be a part of creating a new lesbian feminist identity along with other lesbian sisters . |
5 | Thus the philosophical Greeks and the industrious Chinese will do as instances of non-restriction only on condition that we allow ourselves a strangely overgeneralized view of the Greeks and the Chinese . |
6 | They have taught us that man has meaning only on the condition that he view himself as meaningful . |
7 | On Oct. 25 the two main opposition groups , the DCR and the NSF , expressed their support for a DNSF minority government on condition that it committed itself to " the evolution of Romania towards democracy … and the pursuit of economic reform " . |
8 | What am I saying as we sit here talking about this rather strange difficulty that we find ourselves in ? |
9 | If there are difficulties in claiming that ahi sā is the right way in all circumstances and that the way of violence can never lead to Truth , there are similar difficulties in assuming that no violation of moral duty is involved in the practice of satyāgraha , or that it is only through the practice of satyāgraha that we show ourselves to be informed by the spirit of Truth and non-violence . |
10 | IT was on a very wet Saturday afternoon that I found myself on the top of the North Downs observing whiffs of smoke emerging from a boiler which to all intents and purposes was standing among a mountain of waste metal in a field almost miles from anywhere . |
11 | In the case of Letitia , who had married an Irish baronet , Sir Thomas Wyse , her refusal to accept the Emperor 's decision that she confine herself to being Lady Wyse , dropping all imperial pretensions by calling herself Bonaparte Wyse , led to her being expelled from France . |
12 | Recording a verdict that she killed herself , Mr. Williams said : ‘ She was an affectionate girl , and a girl who needed affection . |
13 | He recorded a verdict that she killed herself . |
14 | Recording a verdict that he killed himself by an overdose Liverpool coroner Roy Barter said : ‘ He had been complaining of anxiety and obviously felt vulnerable before Christmas . ’ |
15 | The jury returned a verdict that he killed himself . |
16 | Ukraine for example is already stated in its er declaration of Sovereignty that it regards itself as a non nuclear zone , so they 're not going to want nuclear weapons for themselves , and er , I imagine that the former republics will have to quite a a comprehensive military alliance perhaps on the lines of NATO and that nuclear weapons will be vested in that alliance . |
17 | I was such a weary girl that I bored myself . |
18 | The first thing to do is to rephrase the question that everyone asks themselves , not ‘ what would I like to grow , what do I want to grow ? ’ but ‘ what do I have space for , and how much time am I prepared to devote to looking after what I plant ? ’ |
19 | His work matured , even if there is no question that he abused himself and died for that reason . |
20 | It was at this point that he found himself face to face with Cinzia Miletti . |
21 | This experience had such a dramatic effect on the Pole that he hanged himself some days later . |
22 | The aim that we set ourselves was to analyse the idea of a numerical , as distinct from a purely qualitative , diversity of existents ; to clarify , that is , what is involved in assuming the possibility of there being a plurality of self-subsistent particulars that are numerically and not just qualitatively distinguishable from each other . |
23 | She did n't , but something about the way she moved confirmed my suspicion that she saw herself as damaged goods . |
24 | He did n't believe it up to the moment that he found himself outside a half-house that had once been graced by a classical loggia . |
25 | And in the moment that she laid herself open to dying she heard the whispery voices of the wild beasts in the wilderness : |
26 | It is as much due to his neglect as my intervention that you find yourself thus , cut off from normal society . |
27 | It goes without saying that almost invariably the instances of animal behaviour that we find ourselves discussing involve adult creatures . |
28 | It was when Kattina 's fierce tongue finally reached the sensitive folds of her slit that she found herself panting . |
29 | Black despair engulfed him , and a loneliness so absolute closed over his head that he felt himself drowning in it . |
30 | I am asking the Court further , in the event that it considers itself so empowered , to treat the case as having been referred to it by me under section 17(1) ( a ) . ’ |