Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Dutchwoman and I waited for the musicians to gather themselves up she commented on the sea symbols of fish and anchor in the nave . |
| 2 | Now if I were to suggest to you that in some gay bars the ‘ lads ’ pop off to the toilets that number of times to indulge themselves , then you might think I was repeating lurid propaganda put about by the puritan league . |
| 3 | But not , even after another fifteen years or so , culminating in the winter of discontent and in the fall of Mr Callaghan 's administration , experience enough to induce institutions and attitudes to accommodate themselves . |
| 4 | GREAT Portland Estates boss Richard Peskin is warning shareholders to brace themselves for a dividend cut next year . |
| 5 | While other girls with real mothers resisted all the attempts to gentrify themselves , Eve and Mother Francis studied books on etiquette and looked at magazines to see how nice people dressed , and to pick up any hints on behaviour . |
| 6 | A SENIOR education officer sent letters to leading county council figures before making two attempts to kill himself , it has been revealed . |
| 7 | She 'd never seen swings like them before or since — wooden boats painted bright yellow with curlicues of red and green , where two of you sat facing each other and pulled alternately on ropes to swing yourselves higher and higher . |
| 8 | Consequently it has sometimes been difficult for the new patterns to establish themselves in the face of combined resistance from programme committees , established departments , and professional senior officers . |
| 9 | Wallace 's attempts to establish himself at United have been hindered by the player 's desperation to become a Stretford End hero as Fergie explained : ‘ He tried too hard to make himself popular . |
| 10 | Partner Ferdinand has had his back to the wall in the last few months , a troublesome disc plaguing his attempts to establish himself last spring and resulting in him coming home early from America . |
| 11 | It accuses " particular producer groups " of " manipulating domestic environmental policies to benefit themselves at the expense of both the rest of the economy and ultimately even the environment " . |
| 12 | The way was thereby opened for English merchants to establish themselves in the island , and William Bolton came to Madeira as an agent for Robert Heysham of London , who had a brother in Barbados to whom Bolton shipped a large quantity of wine . |
| 13 | Consequently , I was not surprised in our seminar discussions to find myself directing more questions and raising more problems when we were talking about structure and discourse than when the focus was on lexis . |
| 14 | Farias had also manipulated government funds and contracts to benefit himself and his associates by an estimated US$1,000 million . |
| 15 | But it had a particularly important clause in section 1 , which laid a duty upon the authorities to inform themselves of the numbers of disabled persons in their areas and to make arrangements to meet their needs . |
| 16 | In addition to de Gaulle 's trips and speeches , the RPF employed a variety of unconventional methods to publicize itself and keep its momentum . |
| 17 | The fact that peasants seized opportunities to enrich themselves is put down to sheer good sense , an unproblematic response to structural changes , while the conviction that the Camisard prophets and prophetesses spoke with the voice of the Holy Spirit is regarded as obviously serving some psychological function . |
| 18 | Dulwich inevitably suffers from its geographical situation four miles south of central London , and currently lacks any surplus funds to promote itself through increased advertising . |
| 19 | Under that Rule , the party confirming that the resources are available will not be expected to produce the cash itself provided , in giving the confirmation , it acted responsibly and took all reasonable steps to assure itself that the cash was available . |
| 20 | She had felt much the same herself of late , restless , needing to work off that restlessness , only she had n't had the same opportunities to indulge herself . |
| 21 | The blackout precautions were a constant worry to Julia , and Eileen declared that they were an excuse for petty tyrants to enjoy themselves . |
| 22 | This gave me six free months to enjoy myself first . |
| 23 | We close our eyes to lose ourselves . |
| 24 | On the other hand , he points out that Devlin had in fact answered the question in the affirmative , and had justified this response by suggesting that , just as society can take steps to preserve itself against acts of treason , then so it may protect itself from attacks on established morality , for this too can threaten society 's existence . |
| 25 | This is because , long before white men arrived on the scene , the local Indians living deep in the Amazonian rain forests caught and killed these animals to provide themselves with the poison tips for their arrows . |
| 26 | Although excellent results may follow from sowings in March , yet in many districts the soil is then likely to be too wet and cold , particularly for the smaller seeded species like timothy , rough-stalked meadow-grass , white and alsike clovers to establish themselves satisfactorily . |
| 27 | He woke up finally from a nightmare of dismembered bodies and prison guards to find himself bathed in sweat and sobbing uncontrollably . |
| 28 | He opened his eyes to find himself in a dimly-lit tent , seated upon hard muddy grass . |
| 29 | Lee jumped and opened her eyes to find herself alone in the restroom apart from one of the girls who worked there , who was leaning over her and gently shaking her shoulder . |
| 30 | She pulled away a little , opening her eyes to find herself cradled on Penry 's lap like a child . |