Example sentences of "have [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 I have stopped myself from saying anything as my daughter 's children live round the corner and I have them to stay overnight and take them on a Saturday but they are no bother .
2 I know I should put this girl out of my mind , and I have stopped myself getting in touch with her again .
3 I know I should put this girl out of my mind , and I have stopped myself getting in touch with her again .
4 To achieve the latter I have to see myself as an object , to know how my regretting might appear .
5 Feminist psychologists working on androgyny have criticized themselves for ignoring the special significance of male-identified items in the BSRI ( e.g. Bem 1979a , b ) .
6 ‘ At least I have given myself a fighting chance of getting to Wembley .
7 We had owned the Sumatras for just a few months , but already we had seen that they are volatile and eccentric birds , much given to sudden screech-ups and bouts of cackling , which in other chickens would denote the arrival of an egg , but from them seem to signify only that they have given themselves a fright .
8 The banks have given themselves a get-out clause .
9 Several parish and community councils have given themselves the status of a town council , whereupon the chairman of the parish council has become known as the town mayor .
10 The targets of these attacks , beatings , kidnappings and murders have been trade unionists , peasants ( especially those involved in campaigns for land redistribution and resistance to recruitment into civil defence patrols ) and Indians who have given themselves up to the army and been taken to resettlement areas after years of living in hiding in the mountains .
11 Recognition of the need to invest in both types of research has been slow to materialise possibly because other pressures tended to shut it out , but also because of the remarkably esoteric image which University research workers have given themselves .
12 Such a society would be based on two extreme cultures and supported by highly divergent ideologies — the elite society valuing work and , presumably , awarding themselves status and power as compensation for their efforts , and the underclass valuing leisure and , accordingly , not accepting as legitimate the rewards the elite class have given themselves .
13 Television commentators have given themselves dry throats telling viewers about the imp-like Mota who seems to float effortlessly to the front .
14 His Dark Elf followers have given themselves over entirely to his worship .
15 The Bosnian deputies have given themselves a let-out by calling for a referendum on the peace plan on May 15th and 16th .
16 The very label they have given themselves — ‘ development community ’ — sets them apart from those whose life conditions they purport to ‘ develop ’ .
17 The privatised boards have given themselves an inbuilt incentive to exploit their monopoly position .
18 The Government have given themselves a permanent contributions holiday by no longer making an Exchequer contribution to the national insurance fund .
19 North , second in the table and also undefeated , have given themselves a great chance of pulling off a win which will close the gap at the top .
20 Australia 's M6 which runs the 2000 miles from Darwin to Adelaide … the rules are simple they drive from eight in the morning until five at night … the sun racers will make it in four to five days topping speeds of seventy miles an hour … the adventurers … thast includes Solar Flair have given themselves two weeks
21 I would have died for you , but you have given yourself to a worthless man .
22 You have given yourself away many times .
23 You let me make love to you fiercely , you have given yourself to me when you have good cause to hate men ! ’
24 Because of the ever-present restlessness , the attempt by people who are in pain at all times , to overcome the pain or to reach out , to speak up , in demonstrations and protests — even just the manner in which the people have to carry themselves from one day to another .
25 The Committee who represent or who are affiliated to 15 Catholic Societies , would like names of women who have distinguished themselves in public life or who quietly give great service to their local .
26 But we emphasis that nominations need not be famous names ; they just need to be people who have distinguished themselves by their courage or achievement .
27 The mechanical card operated locks have distinguished themselves over the years with proven durability and reliability as well as pure simplicity .
28 If you 're not receiving supplementary pension , you have to claim yourself from the council .
29 Therefore , in the description of the constellations here , I have limited myself to pairs where the components are not too unequal , and are at least 35 seconds of arc apart .
30 Therefore , virtually all methods of land evaluation have limited themselves to the physical factors of climate , relief and soil .
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