Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But ZZAP ! has never looked at the other side of the problem or asked themselves : ‘ Why is there so much software piracy ? ’ |
| 2 | As far as she was aware , no one had cut themselves or pricked themselves with a needle . |
| 3 | Whereupon , declaring that no less precious food should thereafter pass her lips , the lady had , variously , starved herself to death or flung herself from the window , in which case her blood had forever coloured the ruddy rocks of Roussillon . |
| 4 | Drop nets can also be bought or made yourself from netting available to repair prawn nets . |
| 5 | If his army were crushed and Kuwait taken by force , and if the allied forces were then eager to pack up and go home or found themselves no longer wanted , UN peacekeepers could step in . |
| 6 | But these were matters which preoccupied theologians ( whose intellectual reputation was not high ) , philosophers and artists ( who were admired but somewhat in the manner in which wealthy men admire the diamonds they can afford to buy their women ) and social critics , of the left or right , who did not like the kind of society they lived in or found themselves forced into . |
| 7 | Without them it is questionable whether the Uprising would have happened and if it had , whether it could either have embraced the total population or sustained itself for so long . |
| 8 | A catalyst facilitates a chemical process without being used up or changed itself . |
| 9 | But although amino acids might well have become strung together to form primitive proteins , it is difficult to see how those proteins could have had any kind of coherent structure , or multiplied themselves efficiently , without help from DNA . |
| 10 | First , many patients in hospital have taken overdoses or injured themselves in the past . |
| 11 | By a notice of appeal dated 24 December 1991 the local authority appealed with leave of the judge on the grounds that ( 1 ) the judge had erred in law or misdirected himself as to the criteria to be applied to the decision whether leave should be granted in respect of an application by a former foster parent ; ( 2 ) the judge should have applied the test whether ( a ) there were quite exceptional circumstances disclosed necessitating the ousting of the local authority and the consequent discharge of the care order , and ( b ) there was a real likelihood that the applicant could persuade the court to adopt that course and ( c ) such a course was in the interests of the children ; ( 3 ) alternatively , if the judge had adopted the correct test , his exercise of his discretion had been plainly wrong in that he had failed to give any or sufficient weight to ( a ) the disturbing effects on the children of further investigation , ( b ) the fact that if residence orders were made the care order would be discharged , ( c ) the shared responsibility between the foster mother and the mother resulting from section 12(2) of the Act of 1989 , ( d ) the fact that the foster mother 's proper remedy was her application for judicial review , and ( e ) the wishes of the children and the mother . |
| 12 | Morris did n't seem lonely or isolated himself , but a hard shell was usually a sign of vulnerability underneath . |
| 13 | Those few who consciously risked the consequences of disregarding it , or allowed themselves unthinkingly to slide into overindebtedness , could still suffer the degradation of what went for life behind the walls of the Marshalsea or the Kidderminster dungeon . |
| 14 | Frequently , they expressed a sympathy for guerrilla activities and direct action , without recognizing that successful guerrilla movements were either controlled by an organized and disciplined party ( as in China ) or turned themselves into a traditional type of party ( as in Cuba ) when it became necessary to consolidate their rule and implement their policies . |
| 15 | ‘ Pork-pie ’ trilbies came into prominence ( again ) in the short-hair phase , faded & reasserted themselves in early smoothie . |
| 16 | Social workers are needed to help the families of mentally handicapped persons as well as the mentally ill or handicapped themselves . |
| 17 | Or heard yourself screaming in a high pitch while arguing fruitlessly with your nearest and dearest ? |
| 18 | Satan lies to his followers and has convinced us too of his mighty strength and even starts to believe in his own lies when he claims he was ‘ self-begot ’ , caused by Fate , or he sprang from the ground or willed himself into existence , an absurd contradiction in terms . |
| 19 | For it turned out that Pound 's poetry — The Cantos certainly but much of the earlier work also — could be understood and enjoyed only by those who had attended to Pound s criticism enough to grasp what it was that Pound was trying to do , or conceived himself to be doing , in his poetry . |
| 20 | She had n't adjusted her stance or braced herself or anything . |
| 21 | If you have injured yourself badly , for example broken your leg , concussed , or burnt yourself , call an ambulance . |
| 22 | Or saw myself as feeling decisive and cool . |
| 23 | ( 2 ) That , although the scope of Code C of the Codes of Practice ( 1985 ed. ) extended beyond persons in detention , it was intended to protect suspects who were , or thought themselves to be , vulnerable to abuse or pressure from police officers , and applied where a suspect was being questioned about an offence by a police officer acting as such for the purpose of obtaining evidence ; that , since the appellants were not being questioned by police officers acting as such and conversation was on equal terms , there could be no question of pressure or intimidation by the officers as persons actually or believed to be in authority ; and that , accordingly , Code C did not apply in the circumstances and the judge 's approach could not be faulted ( post , p. 237C–E , H ) . |
| 24 | Simon was convinced , or persuaded himself , that he 'd been ill used by Constanza , that their marriage had been a mistake , a youthful mistake , the kind of thing one did in a war . |
| 25 | Important changes in the doctrine of precedent were also made in midgame : judges were persuaded or persuaded themselves that they were not in fact bound by court decisions their predecessors had taken as binding . |
| 26 | I can talk about it freely now & we have all picked ourselves up & dusted ourselves down … says that she is a stronger person ( maybe even ‘ harder ’ ) … & she is a very efficient business person & lives & works in Glasgow . |
| 27 | Tt yeah yeah erm yeah I mean it 's interesting when you come to attitudes to parenthood erm I think that 's quite an important issue because it does tap into a whole range of things about erm you know kind of er suspicions that somehow if gay or lesbian people raise children then the children 'll either be , you know , sort of corrupted or converted themselves |
| 28 | Mr Smith added : ‘ There was no enthusiasm for this Government , no admiration for their performance , no sense that after 13 years they had delivered the goods , fulfilled promises or proved themselves worthy of the trust of the nation . ’ |
| 29 | They are people who either knew Jesus personally or apprenticed themselves , perhaps at second or third remove , to those who did . |
| 30 | Or gave herself to me . |