Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a disastrous period of neglect when Glaswegians preferred Costa del Sol to this island of Bute abounding ‘ in pleasing scenes ’ , the ‘ stately hotels ’ and ‘ comfortable villas ’ , though older and a bit worn , are sprucing themselves up as the visitors , still almost exclusively Glaswegian , are coming back . |
| 2 | The knack in dowsing is to be in the right frame of mind , not caring too much what answer you get , but at the same time having a clear idea of what you are looking for , otherwise you are opening yourself up to a very wide ‘ waveband ’ and things will get very confused . |
| 3 | ‘ We are gearing ourselves up for promotion on and off the field . |
| 4 | They have put forward their nine-year coach Laurie Mains , and are winding themselves up to the point of wanting him as coach , first-up . |
| 5 | My concern is that you may , in b fact find yourself in a situation where you 're cementing yourself in to residential and institutional care at the expense of domiciliary care , and we 'll explain that later to you , er , as we go in . |
| 6 | In other words a good mirror signal manoeuvre routine , however you apply it but in a particular order , which gives a discipline , so that you 're keeping yourselves out of the problems that other people may give you if you allow them to . |
| 7 | The children are going to have them at home anyway , so if the teachers deny themselves this extra resource , and deny themselves the experience which the children can bring , I think they 're cutting themselves off from a tremendous source of encouragement and motivation . |
| 8 | Next day , of course , the director shuffled up onto the stage , stopped the rehearsal , took Arthur on one side , and lifted the ass 's mask to murmur , fluttering the hairs on the bearded jawbone , ’ You 're cutting yourself off from your technique . ’ |
| 9 | You just do n't know what you 're letting yourself in for , meddling with me . ’ |
| 10 | Boats from Bodrum quayside do the same thing , though it 's difficult to tell if you 're letting yourself in for a one way job , or a round trip including a meal at some distant restaurant ! |
| 11 | ‘ You do n't know what you 're letting yourself in for . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 've no idea what you 're letting yourselves in for . ’ |
| 13 | they have no idea what they 're letting themselves in for . |
| 14 | selling so they wan na know exactly what they 're letting themselves in for . |
| 15 | But do they realize just what they 're letting themselves in for . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not quite sure what we 're letting ourselves in for , Sam . |
| 17 | There 's a simple message from today 's Council , if you vote Tory , you 're voting yourself out of work . |
| 18 | When you are pulling yourself out of a swamp you do not consult a road map . |
| 19 | Nearly always some compromise can be reached with the vendor , depending on whether it is a buyer 's or a seller 's market , but at least you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you 've been through everything with a fine tooth comb , that you 've done the best you possibly can and know what you are letting yourself in for ! |
| 20 | So much for some of the more salient principles in deciding what you would like to grow , what you have the space for , and what you are letting yourself in for in terms of looking after them . |
| 21 | For these reasons , it is useful to know what the words , phrases and constructions are which regularly conceal presuppositions , so that you know what you are letting yourself in for when you use them . |
| 22 | What are letting yourself in for ? |
| 23 | They may think that they are realistically aware of what they are letting themselves in for and what they need to know about each other 's strengths and weaknesses . |
| 24 | This poses no problem with experienced investors who understand what they are letting themselves in for . |
| 25 | It is important that people are aware what they are letting themselves in for . |
| 26 | We must know what we are letting ourselves in for , theoretically , when we use such measures . |
| 27 | Whether the two little fighting men are pricing themselves out of the market remains to be seen but both were threatening a stand-off . |
| 28 | He 'll be cheering himself up in one or the other place by now without a backward glance . |
| 29 | If I 'm making a film of myself and I 'm on probation , at the end of the year I can pass or fail or have my probation extended because I 'm not successful enough to be called a qualified teacher , then I 'm opening myself up for people to come and look at my mistakes . |
| 30 | Distributors and retailers selling " own brand " goods can be liable if they can be said to be holding themselves out to be the producer . |