Example sentences of "men [v-ing] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Previously , L Detachment had been loosely organized into troops on a raid-by-raid basis as required , certain men attaching themselves to particular officers . |
| 2 | Despite this , it is worth noting that in Townsend 's sample 31 per cent of men assigning themselves to the middle class had ‘ manual ’ occupations , and 25 per cent of men assigning themselves to the working class had ‘ non-manual ’ occupations . |
| 3 | Despite this , it is worth noting that in Townsend 's sample 31 per cent of men assigning themselves to the middle class had ‘ manual ’ occupations , and 25 per cent of men assigning themselves to the working class had ‘ non-manual ’ occupations . |
| 4 | In fact the day before this instruction was issued to all units , 6 Armoured Division in Italy had already taken the surrender of a group headed by Gen Damjanovic of some 10,000 men describing themselves as Chetniks and Royalists , accompanied by upwards of a thousand civilians , including women and children [ KP 48 ] . |
| 5 | Two men calling themselves Laurel and Hardy threatened to poison tubes of toothpaste unless Colgate handed over £170,000 , the Old Bailey was told yesterday . |
| 6 | Armed men calling themselves the Death Commandos took some two dozen Supreme Court judges and others hostage in San Jose , the capital of Costa Rica . |
| 7 | He saw the flash of Osbern 's teeth before the struggling mass all around him was rocked sideways by the shock of the cavalry ; of live men flinging themselves out of its pathway and of dead men thrown after them . |
| 8 | In a message to UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali the committee according to the Middle East News Agency on April 9 forwarded a message from Libya : the Libyan authorities would not object to the two men placing themselves at the disposal , via the Arab League , of the UN Secretary-General . |
| 9 | It ca n't , thought Robert , be good for the personality to have a load of middle-aged men prostrating themselves in front of you and sobbing every time you open your mouth . |