Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finland , bound by its treaty of friendship with the Soviet Union , effectively ruled itself out of any participation for the time being . |
| 2 | He usually sleeps for a couple of days and then slowly builds himself up for the next trip . |
| 3 | Threading her way as diligently as she could through the mass of humanity , it was with a sigh of relief that she eventually found herself back in the vast City Hall square . |
| 4 | At the end , you might slowly count yourself up from 1 to 5 , suggesting to yourself that when you reach the number 5 you will be wide awake , feeling refreshed and at peace . |
| 5 | Cornelius fanned at his trouser bottoms and slowly drew himself back into the vertical plane . |
| 6 | I do not see why I should so deliver myself up to those who are so assiduously conducting the campaign of abuse and denigration directed at me . |
| 7 | His visual impressions have been fading without his knowing it , and with their reactivation stale information has suddenly sorted itself out into a new and firm pattern . |
| 8 | About 50 paisley-shirted individuals suddenly found themselves up to their knees in wet mud . |
| 9 | Garner and Croft were by now both injured , but West Indies suddenly found themselves up against some determination . |
| 10 | After dominating for four rounds , he suddenly found himself up against it when he shipped a series of right hand shots in the final two sessions . |
| 11 | Within days Charlie had lost all the profit he had made in the past year and suddenly found himself back to square one . |
| 12 | ‘ He won enough to set himself up in his own business , so if you see a ‘ Terimon Cafe ’ on the outskirts of London you 'll know how it got the name . ’ |
| 13 | That God 's creatures should revolt against him , and so cut themselves off from the ground of their own being , is an ‘ impossible possibility ’ which has nonetheless been actualised . |
| 14 | Consider a rebel stretch of human DNA that is capable of snipping itself out of its chromosome , floating freely in the cell , perhaps multiplying itself up into many copies , and then splicing itself into another chromosome . |
| 15 | Business can tell us they are unable to work with Labour , the City can hijack a Labour Government by sabotaging the economy , but they 'll only show themselves up for what they are a power-mad cartel with no regard for the British people . |
| 16 | The life of the anchoress was hard but she did not necessarily give herself over to excessive penance . |
| 17 | These were all blows for the home side yet , with skipper John Rafferty providing the kind of leadership that is reserved for ‘ Boys Own ’ stories , Armagh suddenly hauled themselves out of the grave . |
| 18 | Birmingham Polytechnic offer all their facilities absolutely free of charge to us so get yourself down in the entertainment bar in Aston . |
| 19 | The second time he came round , he suddenly pulled himself up into a sitting position . |
| 20 | ‘ Only a small one , ’ she accepted and , her dart of panic gone , felt a return of her reluctance to ask probing questions about his work , and more particularly about his employer , so gave herself over to enjoying this lunchtime interlude . |
| 21 | He had bullet wounds said to have been inflicted by Mr Athulathmudali 's bodyguard , and had apparently finished himself off by taking cyanide , a method of suicide used by Tamil Tiger guerrillas . |
| 22 | Constantly putting yourself up for rejection just because you 're grown-up now wo n't help your self-esteem . |
| 23 | There was no sign of the son , an undersized , sly creature who had spent more time in prison than out of it ever since he had been old enough to get himself down to the city and into trouble . |
| 24 | Then Duncan Paterson , the selection convenor , came on to say that I had better get myself over to Murrayfield as soon as I could ! |
| 25 | The privately held company 's main concern for the time being is , it says , to get the toolkit on to as many platforms as it can , and is eagerly offering itself up to OEMs — Sun being the prime target of its attention , with three million ONC licencees under its belt . |
| 26 | That means Thorstvedt , who came on as sub against Coventry and saved a penalty as Spurs crashed 2-0 , will suddenly find himself back in the number one spot . |
| 27 | She was not brave enough to cut herself off from Finn entirely , in the end . |
| 28 | Miss Honey waited , trembling a little herself and watching the child as she slowly stirred herself back into consciousness . |
| 29 | Or you might repeat the word ‘ re-lax ’ several times , then slowly count yourself down from 10 to 1 . |
| 30 | I 've often speculated since on what would have happened if we 'd just given ourselves up at this point . |