Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young man 's brother wrote to Lord Panmure to see if David could make the best of the situation in which he found himself by obtaining a midshipman 's place . |
| 2 | Another superb serve led to no more than a defensive return from Sampras and Forget was so confident that the American would not be able to return his first volley that he only just stopped himself from throwing his racket into the air as he started to dance for joy along with the crowd . |
| 3 | He stopped himself from looking at any of them and stuffed them into his waste-paper basket . |
| 4 | He just stopped himself from reacting angrily . |
| 5 | TREE surgeon Robin Teasdill , 34 , stopped himself from bleeding to death by holding the main artery of his leg together for 15 minutes . |
| 6 | Charles just stopped himself from saying ‘ Reet nice ’ . |
| 7 | He just stopped himself from adding , ‘ We were n't looking for anything . ’ |
| 8 | With an effort he stopped himself from adding , ’ I hope ! ’ |
| 9 | Anyway , Jacob said that he could do the job better and more quickly if he paced himself by singing a lively hymn called ‘ Keep in Step with the Master ’ . |
| 10 | He goaded himself by picturing the ageing President , grey-haired and frail . |
| 11 | In an autobiographical account written a couple of years later , he described himself in having been " absolutely alone , of the most painful experiences and disappointments " ; and of his first response to " Schpenhauer 's masterpiece " he wrote that " in this book , in which every line cried out renunciation , denial and resignation , I saw a mirror in which I espied the whole world , life and my mind depicted in frightful grandeur " . |
| 12 | From then on he devoted himself to buying , selling and exhibiting horses , travelling the length and breadth of Britain in his quest for outstanding stock . |
| 13 | DAVEY Boy Smith left his 14-year-old schoolfriends to chase girls while he dedicated himself to building up his body in the gym . |
| 14 | After his wife died , he dedicated himself to caring for Rosie . |
| 15 | Unabashed , Nicholas dedicated himself to purging the Congress Kingdom of dissent . |
| 16 | Ravana captured Hanuman and set fire to his tail , but the monkey avenged himself by growing to the size of a giant and setting fire to the city . |
| 17 | The Company devoted itself to building up a substantial trade in pepper which , while not as valuable as the most expensive products of the Spice Islands like nutmeg and cloves , still commanded a very steady market in Europe . |
| 18 | Janet gave up her secretarial job , and devoted herself to caring for Lisa for the next six months . |
| 19 | She , meanwhile , devoted herself to selling as many of her husband 's works as she could to various publishers , including J. A. André of Offenbach am Main , and Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig . |
| 20 | Like her sister before her Louise devoted herself to furthering her husband 's work . |
| 21 | Just in time she stopped herself from confiding that she 'd almost forgotten how to dance . |
| 22 | Agnes again stopped herself from yelling , ‘ How do I know ! ’ and she was about to say , ‘ You should have thought about this before , ’ but this would have been a stupid reply , for when that urge was tearing at your body and there was a way of getting rid of it , would one stop to think ? |
| 23 | Pink riding hats , turquoise waistcoats , stetsons ( Jane just stopped herself from asking where the corks were ) and they wore all these glories even when they were mucking out . |
| 24 | Carolyn just stopped herself from saying why . |
| 25 | Then she scolded herself for getting carried away , when she should be preparing how best to approach her mother over the subject of Elaine . |
| 26 | She felt a sharp pang at the thought that he could n't possibly desire her , and scolded herself for feeling like that . |
| 27 | In 1864 the Mercury complained about the ‘ country louts who disfigured themselves by daubing their faces with red and black paint , and by weaning bonnets , gowns and shawls … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I involved myself by phoning the hotel to find out from the boss what was going on . |
| 29 | Nothing is known of its activities , but Vikings normally maintained themselves by raiding the country within a wide range of their base . |
| 30 | For this purpose they appointed to serve under them a staff of foresters , carrying bows and arrows , for whom they were personally responsible , and who maintained themselves by levying contributions from the forest inhabitants . |