Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With an emotional frankness almost unique in pre-twentieth century philosophy , Pascal insists on his unhappiness and anxiety : ‘ We desire truth , and find within ourselves only uncertainty . |
| 2 | Once again we 're pleased to have the Olive Grove Studios all to ourselves this year . |
| 3 | We have surprised even ourselves this season , but there is a long way to go yet . ’ |
| 4 | It was grey daylight when they crossed the moat of the Château Franc and besides himself only Astorre , Nicholas saw , had tried to keep the iron back and square shoulders of duty . |
| 5 | He had not allowed himself enough time for Fairfax . |
| 6 | What precisely he did with himself all day long she never could fathom , but he was not in her company above two hours or so each day . |
| 7 | That night , because he could see himself , Boy thought about himself all night long . |
| 8 | But although Gaunt 's defence of the royal prerogative , and particularly the royal right to choose ministers freely , was vigorous and effective , he drew upon himself much unpopularity . |
| 9 | Anne : What about Mr Major has he actually done himself any good this week ? |
| 10 | ‘ He hanged himself yesterday evening . ’ |
| 11 | He drove the horsebox himself yesterday morning back to his base at Brandsby in North Yorkshire . |
| 12 | For many years the Franco regime saw to it that within Spain itself only pro-Nationalist accounts of the 1930s could be published , leaving the field of serious scholarship to foreigners , mostly from Britain and the United States . |
| 13 | Both Child and Douglas-Hamilton were worried that in rushing to beat the rains the task force was not allowing itself enough time for preparation . |
| 14 | It sings and laughs and shouts to itself all night long . |
| 15 | But as soon as I begin to be nice to him , a sort of self-satisfaction seems to creep into his voice and his manner ( very discreet , he 's been humility itself all day , no reproach about last night , of course ) and I begin to want to goad and slap him again . |
| 16 | James has been kindness itself all day . |
| 17 | My leg , which never mended properly after the accident , has not liked being cooped and cramped and bound , and like a mistreated animal it has turned against its master , making itself all pain . |
| 18 | Nor would he learn anything from the journal unless Meg gave him the key to it ; for the cypher was a special one , transforming itself constantly page by page as the journal progressed . |
| 19 | S 69 , FA 1985 , which replaced ss 124 , 125 , CGTA 1979 , and is itself now part of the Taxation of Capital Gains Act 1992 , makes it clear that , in connection with a retirement relief claim , a disposal of business assets is a disposal of the whole or part of a business , or a disposal of one or more assets which , at the time at which a business ceased to be carried on , were in use for the purposes of that business . |
| 20 | When an attractive opportunity presents itself then action follows . |
| 21 | She occupies herself all day , the old woman decided , so that she will not have time to think . |
| 22 | They seemed to her unearthly ; a new combination of loss , pain and fear : they were howls she would have made herself only half-an-hour before , if she had known how . |
| 23 | If she is not prevented from chattering she could cause herself much trouble . ’ |
| 24 | She told herself that the best thing she could do would be to go out of the house and climb up to where the buzzards and the ravens nested on the clifftop , but she did n't pay herself much attention . |
| 25 | Let's face it , it can be tiring enjoying yourself all day ! |
| 26 | What do you do wi' yourself all day then ? " |
| 27 | People try to beat that misery with barbiturates , but nothing can cure it because you 've taken away from yourself all chance of feeling pleasure . |
| 28 | What I recall is what I read , and my playing Annie Oakley by myself all summer afternoon at the recreation ground , running up and down the hill in my brown gingham dress , wearing a cowboy hat and carrying a rifle . |
| 29 | You will save yourself much time and trouble if you have a course of lessons from a qualified teacher ( all the information you need is in the next chapter ) . |
| 30 | PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER SON … |