Example sentences of "[vb base] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We base ourselves mainly in LA because at least over there you can get products done , ’ he says . |
| 2 | It might also be true that an arrangement in which supplementary grants were made in the light of positive evaluation would be an effective incentive for schools to maintain momentum and involve themselves fully in inservice activities . |
| 3 | Base yourself centrally at Rabat ( Victoria ) or Xaghra . |
| 4 | He answered : ‘ Jobs and leisure are all one thing are n't they — if you work you build yourself up for leisure . ’ |
| 5 | In anglerfish ( above left ) the problem is solved because the males are parasitic and attach themselves permanently to females . |
| 6 | We race across Lliwedd on frost rimed ledges and hurl ourselves down towards Llydaw 's outlet , slipping on frozen streamlets , crashing down scree , pausing to drink the silence . |
| 7 | Defeat left Everton with a far from comfortable eight point cushion above the relegation zone and Kendall said : ‘ We defended well most of the time but let ourselves down in injury time . |
| 8 | His plan , he explained , was to become a good enough draughtsman to earn a hundred francs a month and so support himself modestly without assistance . |
| 9 | He went to close the windows and stepped inside the room , planning to lock them and then let himself out by Sara 's front door . |
| 10 | You take your vows , you are personable , you ingratiate yourself both with Lady Amelia and Lady Eleanor . |
| 11 | They have little experience of the style of presentation in higher courts ‘ and it matters ’ and whilst a number of solicitors are extremely good others ‘ let themselves down in court ’ and in doing so let down the solicitors ' branch of the profession as a whole . |
| 12 | Barricade myself in at dusk each evening ? ’ |
| 13 | While America goes crazy over its new President elect , CARTER USM are busy making themselves the next most popular thing with the inhabitants of that wacky continent and really should have done the decent thing and put themselves up for election . |
| 14 | They are self selecting , and what we 've got to puncture is not the erm idea that the best goes forward , which is what you 're suggesting , erm but the idea of this self-selecting bit , it 's quite true that it tends to be men who put themselves forward for selection and election , and women do n't . |
| 15 | But erm careers officers particularly put themselves down for visits , |
| 16 | This has its merits and has been the practice in Sweden , but it is of value only if the central government departments then restrict themselves purely to planning , thinking and regulating . |
| 17 | Erm but anyway you s you started off with er with some greeting and er and er appropriate sociability erm one thing I noticed that Martin seemed to take control of the handshake and that 's something that was pointed out this morning and , and looked at and from where I was it looked as though he was keeping hold of your hand some time , you had your buyer 's guide and whatever in your other hand and you could n't , you know , bring it over and , and put yourself back into control erm and an interesting one and a , an e an example to all of us I think . |
| 18 | Picture yourself alone at night in a strange house . |
| 19 | Get a a small piece , you could buy a I think it was called a side of leather or a whole piece of leather and cut yourselves out of it.And erm leather was n't cheap even in those days , it varied in thickness . |
| 20 | But the brother of chat-show host Jonathan Ross lived up to his crime-busting image and immediately pulled over to lend a hand and give himself up to police . |
| 21 | Only the National Assembly has the power to amend the constitution or vote itself out of office — an unlikely prospect given that only 50 or so assemblymen have accepted the government 's offer of a $175,000 tax-free retirement pension . |
| 22 | Women open themselves up to men but the men , they stay like rock , whatever they say , so that this , ’ she threw one hand up into the steam , ‘ and women 's tears do not touch them . ‘ |
| 23 | There are so many in our pews who play at worship ; who go to church but never truly open themselves up to power of God 's Spirit . |
| 24 | Again , in 1981–7 the Volkswagenstiftung funded on a large scale the ARCOS project , a system which photographs a three-dimensional archaeological object , provides a drawing and converts it into data which lend themselves easily to methods like Cluster Analysis . |
| 25 | Lend yourself out of Wishart |
| 26 | To prevent security forces from entering their bedrooms , they lock themselves in with padlocks they have saved up to buy . |
| 27 | It may be that you need not , after all , tie yourself up in matrimony . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I consider myself totally without authority in the matter of continuing the talks , ’ he said . |
| 29 | This is a play in which the priggish young hide their emotions while their elders give themselves up to extremes of passion . |
| 30 | ‘ Anyway , to make extra sure , you get yourself round to Bella 's tomorrow morning , ’ said Simon , ‘ and get her to put that money in the bank . ’ |