Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood looking at it in the darkness , just aware of its bulk in the feeble light of a broken moon , and I thought it looked even bigger than it really was , like a stone-giant 's head , a huge moonlit skull full of shapes and memories , staring out to sea and attached to a vast , powerful body buried in the rock and sand beneath , ready to shrug itself free and disinter itself on some unknowable command or cue . |
| 2 | ‘ We stand for what 's good in our country , so we have to be brave and reveal ourselves . |
| 3 | OLIVER rolled his eyes back , lit a cigarette and said that the very phrase common sense was a contradiction in terms , and if Man — at which point he pretended to be extremely embarrassed and correct himself to Man-or-Woman — if Man-or-Woman had relied upon common sense over the previous millennia we 'd all still be living in mud huts and eating frightful food and listening to Del Shannon records . |
| 4 | I felt quite embarrassed and excused myself to go to the cloakroom . |
| 5 | There 's a feeling of being English and enjoying yourself . |
| 6 | Most dealers — invariably male and calling themselves middlemen , consultants or businessmen — tend to keep their dealings quiet and work on a commission basis rather than actually buying the hardware themselves . |
| 7 | So she judged him — she always felt impelled to judge Simon , measure him — he was a grabber , but then he had never had anything so far , and also he had daring and enjoyed himself so much , so very much , he loved the suppers and the singing . |
| 8 | Once the momentum of marketing is established the ideas and actions become almost self-generating and weave themselves through the normal contacts and business of the day . |
| 9 | Six was brought up in the family business but declining trade prompted him to retire early and devote himself to the wide range of interests typical of an eighteenth-century intellectual , although there is no evidence that he ever received any formal training . |
| 10 | The next morning I awoke early and tidied myself for school . |
| 11 | LUKE SAT ON AN expo love-seat in Club World at Heathrow , drinking Volvic and availing himself of a complimentary fax machine — clearing up the initial paperwork with Mike on the poem . |
| 12 | Already gowned and masked herself , she drew up the lignocaine and opened the suture packs . |
| 13 | He would time it just right and throw himself in front of the branch line train , he knew the train did n't go very fast but it would do … |
| 14 | Using the cover of the bushes or whatever , I crouch as low as possible and manoeuvre myself into a position where I know I could cast to them , not forgetting to make a note of a landing site , for it is useless to hook a fish if you can not play it to the landing net . |
| 15 | This evolutionary argument asks what it is about a feature that improves the animal 's chances of surviving and reproducing itself . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's only me , ’ said Otley , ‘ I was worried , I thought you 'd fallen asleep and drowned yourself , been knocking but you never answered . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Eating a sensible diet is the simple way to ensure your cholesterol level stays low and to keep yourself in good , all-round health . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ That is , people who were born normal and make themselves freaks through altering the body . ’ |
| 19 | There was a stirring , a sense that at any minute the branches over his head might dip over him and brush his face , or that the roots that had thrust up out of the earth might wriggle and become alive and twine themselves about his feet . |
| 20 | That sounded dull and unexciting , she reflected , feeling guilty and telling herself she should n't be thinking such things . |
| 21 | Amid the unspeakable sufferings , however , there are epic tales of courage and heroism ; of those who voluntarily followed their banished loved ones into the unknown ; of enlightened , cultivated exiles who chose to remain after their sentences were complete and devote themselves to the scientific , artistic and educational development of the region . |
| 22 | Groundcrew were emotional and applied themselves with vigour to their checks , to keep their minds off the subject in hand — just as the aircrew had done in the cockpit on the flight from Cranfield to Waddington . |
| 23 | The Enchantment of Slumber … gentle and strong and wrapping itself about you … |
| 24 | Peter opened one at random and found himself looking at a photograph of Kate . |
| 25 | She takes a left turn at random and finds herself in an area of derelict buildings , burned out and boarded up , the site , she realizes , of the previous year 's rioting . |
| 26 | ‘ I hope John will work exceptionally hard and get himself on the bench for the QPR game . |
| 27 | In the Sixties people worked hard and behaved themselves — except the police , of course . |
| 28 | When Lucy suggested a quick drink , Jay was cut to the quick and described herself , with sparse and ironic regret , as ‘ working late ’ . |
| 29 | Their horses were saddled and waiting , their farewells to the prior and brothers already made , and Hugh just reaching for his bridle , when Nicol came trudging sturdily in at the gatehouse , soiled and bruised and hoisting himself along on a staff he had cut for himself in the forest . |
| 30 | He must be more patient and brace himself up to realise that he was the only person who could tackle the present chaotic state of affairs , ' This was the fourth time the King had told MacDonald that he would not accept his resignation . |