Example sentences of "to [pn reflx] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since development is far more important , it was argued , we should attract the cream to ourselves by offering competitive and lucrative wages . |
| 2 | Since assuming the duties of senator a few months ago , Mr Krueger has drawn attention to himself by campaigning with Larry Hagman , who played J.R . |
| 3 | After this he can carry any other vector parallel to itself by travelling along a geodesic and keeping the local vector at a constant angle to the geodesic . |
| 4 | As she muttered to herself about interfering Australians who could n't mind their own business she did n't hear Leo come back , or see him loom over the fence . |
| 5 | True , he was no oil painting , but she had long passed the age of needing good looks about her , and anyway , she admitted to herself with disarming frankness , her own beauty had long since gone . |
| 6 | There were , in any case , various aspects to the matter I felt I needed to clarify to myself before proceeding further . |
| 7 | In addition it is hard for people who are becoming bitter and negative to see what is happening to themselves without incurring further guilt or self-dislike . |
| 8 | One positive result of a newly motivated group would be that some might see the advantages to themselves of returning to full-time education at the age of sixteen . |
| 9 | And the German emperors , the successors of Charlemagne , saw the advantages of Roman law to themselves in spreading their control . |
| 10 | The Six each saw benefits to themselves from joining the Common Market and hence signed the treaty of Rome . |
| 11 | Micrografx staff drew attention to themselves by wandering around in gear stolen from the Mexican extras in a spaghetti western . |
| 12 | The writers of fabliaux commonly draw attention to themselves by naming themselves , signing their work at beginning or end , and they don a limited number of disguises as their narratorial personae — as in the case of Boivin de Provins described above . |
| 13 | But taxpayers can improve the benefit of their subscription at no extra cost to themselves by making a covenant . |
| 14 | The Dodger and Charley Bates , not wanting to attract attention to themselves by running down the street , had stopped round the first corner . |
| 15 | Hit and run were the tactics , the Australians preferring to kill five or six Japanese than risk casualties to themselves by tarrying longer to kill more enemy in one skirmish . |
| 16 | Patrons attach clients to themselves by extending loans to the latter in times of crisis . |
| 17 | In fact you sound as if you 've hardly a minute to yourself between looking after the grandchildren and caring for your husband . |
| 18 | Be kind to yourself in judging your first attempts at answering exam questions under a time constraint . |
| 19 | It is possible to get round the need to refer to yourself by using the following devices , which can be varied in order to avoid any over-formulaic effect : — Adverbs and adverbial expressions Instead of " I think it is likely that … " use " Arguably … " ( but bear in mind what we have said about " arguably " above , Chapter 3 , p. 68 ) . |