Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And also , as he watched the boxer on the television , Boy began to think that there are two kinds of sex : the kind of sex where you say do this , do that , or you manoeuvre yourself into position for a particular kind of pleasure ; and then there is the other kind of sex , where you want not someone else 's body that had done those things the night before or the afternoon before . |
| 2 | If you ca n't move straight into your new home , or you find yourself with too many belongings , you may want to put some things into storage . |
| 3 | If something unexpected happens during an inner journey — perhaps one of your guides will appear when you were expecting your inner child , or you find yourself in a cave rather than on a riverbank — go with your own experience . |
| 4 | Either that or you run yourself around ragged , and you go to sleep and then we get to one o'clock , two o'clock in the morning , and you wake up , and then what do you do ? |
| 5 | Or she zips herself into a black evening gown and she 's a sophisticated 30 year old . |
| 6 | The careful and precise manner in which these financial arrangements were laid down suggests that many who served saw the war as essentially a business enterprise holding out the promise of substantial rewards for those who were fortunate or who distinguished themselves in the field . |
| 7 | How all those immigrants and children of immigrants , that the Statue of Liberty , means a great deal to those Americans who whose parents or who came themselves from another country . |
| 8 | It was a wise statesman who once said , ‘ Men must choose to be governed by God or they condemn themselves to be ruled by tyrants . ’ |
| 9 | Bit of money in the Post Office , nice little flat and nothing to reproach yourselves with . ’ |
| 10 | of the electorate — it is impossible for my colleagues and me to involve ourselves in all the work of the House . |
| 11 | I did n't know and I hid from them in the semantics lab when they came to shrink me , and I sold myself to someone who did n't know how to do it . |
| 12 | The first version there , is one that I did before I even looked at your , at at any of the homeworks , and I got myself into some awkwardness of trying to translate virtues , and ended up with beneficial properties , erm , which is hardly perhaps very idiomatic and the one underneath that is Jemma 's and the absent writer not that she could be embarrassed because she 's not here , erm , and she 's actually simplified more than I have , by half a line , you 'll understand . |
| 13 | A feeling of terror mounted in me , and I dragged myself to the telephone and rang Émile . |
| 14 | Frankie read his tattered old comic and I busied myself with the crocks . |
| 15 | I despise you , and I despise myself for needing you , but I do need . ’ |
| 16 | But the PE teacher was strong-willed and I associated myself with him more than anybody else . |
| 17 | I did n't do a lot of walkin' , except round the shops , and I treated meself to another 'ansom cab to bring me back . |
| 18 | My boss returned along the passage at a furious gallop and I steeled myself for some unpleasantness as the young man was rousted from his bed . |
| 19 | Cantona , who flew to Paris for the top-rated chat show Sacree Soiree after his United debut in Lisbon on Tuesday , added : ‘ I am fit and I enjoyed myself in the opener against Benfica . |
| 20 | Blind and foolish I confess myself , but I never willed evil against this house , and I abase myself in acknowledgement of the wrong done , and ask forgiveness . |
| 21 | Okay , tell me , " I said , and I stiffened myself for the worst . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's patronising , and it 's my own fault that you can all patronise me , and I hate myself for it . ’ |
| 23 | Then I get this hot feeling at the back of my head and everything goes funny and I find myself on the floor . |
| 24 | And I find myself on the pavement … crowds yelling … men surging towards the entrance , trying to get in , police with truncheons swinging — then my most terrifying experience . |
| 25 | Then , as my breath has now returned to me and I find myself in the company of my bestest friend , it is my considered opinion that we proceed together upon the epic journey and face as one whatever adventures lie before . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ When I am in the car I am competing professionally and I commit myself to the job . |
| 27 | Of course Scamp gets to claim about twenty grand on some dubious insurance policy and I resign myself to the fact that I 'll never get beyond Inspector . |
| 28 | I 'm a single parent , and I blame myself for the way he is — but I feel it 's too late to get through to him now as talking or reasoning does n't work . |
| 29 | Again I accept the constant parental care has been of the highest calibre and I remind myself of the many tributes to the quality of that care in the evidence before me . |
| 30 | I played a real opera singer from the nineteenth century , Nadena Burokhof and I based myself on her . |