Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [noun pl] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For four years he led beaver-trapping expeditions along the Snake with increasing success , while the Nez Perce warriors confined themselves to fleecing the less provident of Mackenzie 's Iroquois henchmen . |
| 2 | while a crowd of Saturday afternoon shoppers laugh themselves sick |
| 3 | It is important that United Kingdom companies keep themselves informed of developments in these proposals , as many of them have a real effect on the day-to-day functioning of a UK company and its cost structure . |
| 4 | IN a season of goalkeeping faux pas — namely the blunders of John Lukic and Bruce Grobbelaar in Europe — the weekend 's FA Cup ties surpassed themselves with a collection of laughable errors by lads in the No 1 jersey . |
| 5 | As part of his future strategy , Mr Taylor also put forward plans which could see people visiting County Durham police stations finding themselves dealing with civilians . |
| 6 | ODA OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT BRITAIN HELPING NATIONS TO HELP THEMSELVES |
| 7 | Our next stop comprises a pair of gems that would be world famous were they more amenably located , but that would be to detract from the peerless setting in which both Aldeburgh and Thorpeness golf clubs find themselves . |
| 8 | He not only informed on fellow-members of the Communist Party in 1934–6 and requested a public session in which to do so ‘ because secrecy serves the Communist cause ’ ; he took a display advertisement in the New York Times to justify himself . |
| 9 | Dr Kennedy is an unreconstructed Thatcherite , and the Northern Ireland Tories delude themselves in believing that ‘ British ’ politics is ‘ normal ’ and ‘ non-sectarian ’ , rather than ( in a European context ) antediluvian and ( in a Northern Ireland context ) unionist . |