Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [pn reflx] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything David had shown her of himself had made her love him and yet she believed that he had done something unspeakable . |
| 2 | His own ecclesiastical authority as an archbishop and metropolitan , though a reflection of papal authority at one level , was too important to him in itself to allow of such a thing . |
| 3 | Naturally , Mozart wrote it for himself to play . |
| 4 | And , since Rachmaninov wrote it for himself to play , it demands a tremendous technique from the soloist . |
| 5 | Accordingly , the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a government exists as the government of a state are : ( a ) whether it is the constitutional government of the state ; ( b ) the degree , nature and stability of administrative control , if any , that it of itself exercises over the territory of the state ; ( c ) whether Her Majesty 's Government has any dealings with it and if so what is the nature of those dealings ; and ( d ) in marginal cases , the extent of international recognition that it has as the government of the state . |
| 6 | Not noted for his ability in the air , Gascoigne sensed the kill and found it in himself to jump high , evade the challenge of tall defender Silvano Bendetti and meet the ball with power and precision , guiding it emphatically past goalkeeper Giuseppe Zinetti . |
| 7 | And this filled the perverse daughter with a great desire to go even a little way into the wild wood , where there were no plates and no stitching , but might well be a need of such things as she knew she had it in herself to perform . |
| 8 | I decided to be helpful and , rather than bother anyone , I took it upon myself to move about 30 of the magazines to the Women 's Section . |
| 9 | I 've taken it upon myself to assure the count that you 're almost perfect . |
| 10 | ‘ Mr Beckenham , since I am in some sort indebted to you , I will , if you please , refrain from making you any answer , for I can not take it upon myself to do so without speaking to you in a manner which must sound both insolent and ungrateful ! ’ |
| 11 | But it was n't until a fortnight after the accident , when I took it upon myself to see to the downstairs — particularly the kitchen which was in a state — ready for Auntie 's visit next day , that the riddle was solved . |
| 12 | I have taken it upon myself to enter into a challenge , which — at first hearing — may seem a quite impossible challenge . |
| 13 | If you will be good enough to furnish me with the necessary linen , I will take it upon myself to make Lady Merchiston a degree more comfortable . ’ |
| 14 | So I took it upon myself to tell her , old nosey-parker that I am . |
| 15 | I took it upon myself to suggest that two-tone bream are simply another variety of common bream ( not another breed ) just as black fish and bronze fish in the same water are varieties of the same species , and as mirror and leather carp are varieties of the same species . |
| 16 | But er the national agreement was established by then and er I just I just took it upon myself to try the women and that I was very successful . |
| 17 | ‘ Look , ’ she bit out , ‘ if you … you took it upon yourself to waltz into my bedroom , uninvited , merely to admire the scenery then I 'd appreciate it if you 'd kindly waltz back out . |
| 18 | That you do n't take it upon yourself to plead my case or to point an accusing finger at Sandra . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm going to see some patients in Santa Barbara , and I thought you 'd like to come , since you took it upon yourself to interfere in the Freitas family 's life . ’ |
| 20 | In my old group , they just took it upon themselves to clean it every now and again . |
| 21 | if the interpreter is also acting as culture broker , guide , philosopher and friend several things can happen ; the level of interpreting accuracy diminishes as the interpreter addresses these additional roles , both the non-English and English speaking clients lose control over the content of what is said , and , if the interpreter takes it upon themselves to decide what is to be interpreted , the standard of service usually diminishes . |
| 22 | The friends , says Morton , took it upon themselves to portray him as a deeply wounded and betrayed husband whose character precluded him from answering back . |
| 23 | In the last months of 1989 the people of Central and Eastern Europe take it upon themselves to address the future and make it a different place to be in . |
| 24 | What is truly disturbing , is that by taking it upon themselves to speak of behalf of the nation , artists have collaborated with the regime . |
| 25 | The local skaters take it upon themselves to remove some dangerous panelling designed to withstand loose board , however the local council see this as an act of vandalism and feeling are strong amongst some councillors to get rid of the ramp . |
| 26 | They cleared a space for her on a twelve-foot lyre-backed couch and vied to sit with her , while others took it upon themselves to disappear for food and champagne . |
| 27 | I HAVE long been impressed by the number of careless references in the Scriptures to the faithful blithely taking it upon themselves to raise houses to the Lord . |
| 28 | Where broad discretionary powers have been conferred upon public authorities the courts take it upon themselves to review the exercise of those powers to ensure that the body does not make decisions which are so unreasonable that no reasonable body could have come to such a decision ; to ensure that the decision-makers are not biased and that decisions are not made mala fide or for any improper purpose . |
| 29 | Such arguments may seem trivial when bodies as thoughtful as the Church of England have taken it upon themselves to ponder the issue of the use of nuclear weapons ; but the bomb has not gone off and when it has receded into the background we will be left with the demand for electricity . |
| 30 | That was a case in which a district board took it upon themselves to pull down Mr. Cooper 's house , which they regarded as unsatisfactory , and to burden him with the cost of demolition without having first given him any type of notice . |