Example sentences of "had [verb] [pn reflx] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second bullet followed almost immediately , this time in front of her , and she had to fling herself the last few feet , landing heavily against the side of the corrugated iron door . |
| 2 | I had taught myself the basics but learning the ‘ wrinkles ’ from someone more experienced saves time and increased the ‘ professional ’ look of garments . |
| 3 | At last he saw that , if he was ever to eliminate his old habits , then he must refuse to do anything at all until he had given himself the directions . |
| 4 | Her mother had given herself the answer to her question : girls these days did n't know what they wanted . |
| 5 | It was on this basis of this rationality , embodied in modern science and technology , that cette vielle Europe had triumphed throughout the world , had made itself the universal point of reference . |
| 6 | He had bought himself the latest issue of Wildlife and was immersed in an article about otters . |
| 7 | I had convinced myself the diet was necessary even though I found it tough going and particularly rough after a major operation and great weight loss . |
| 8 | While Sarazen felt ‘ the biggest heel in the world ’ , he also knew he had to give himself the best chance of winning the Open ; and that , regrettably , could not be achieved with his old caddie Dan . |
| 9 | Acting president Kadreddin Aslonov , appointed after the Aug. 31 resignation of Kakhar Makhkamov because of the coup [ see p. 38373 ] , issued on Sept. 22 a decree banning the activities of the Communist Party of Tajikistan ( which on Sept. 21 had renamed itself the Socialist Party of Tajikistan ) and nationalizing its property . |
| 10 | I had proved myself the fittest by the mere act of survival . |
| 11 | Frere was unaware of it but his sister-in-law had spared herself the burden of a second letter . |
| 12 | In retirement he had set himself the task of making a replica Tomkin long-case clock . |
| 13 | Thanks to whoever it was , Baldwin by the spring of 1924 was making surprisingly good progress toward the political objectives which he had set himself the previous autumn . |
| 14 | Peirce had set himself the task of methodically classifying , and looking for applications of , the n-dimensional systems for all |
| 15 | On Sept. 2 the Nagorny Karabakh autonomous oblast ( region ) had declared itself the Nagorny Karabakh Republic , incorporating the adjacent Shaumyan district , in accordance with a joint decision of the local governing councils . |
| 16 | Mr. Barnes ' affidavit quoted above showed beyond question , he submitted , that the Bank of England had asked themselves the right question ( paragraph 9 ) and that they did indeed require the production of the documents reasonably for the purposes of their own domestic supervision ( paragraphs 8 , 10 and 13 ) . |
| 17 | It had asked itself the wrong question when interpreting one of the ‘ X ’ questions in the empowering statute . |
| 18 | Any mistake of law would mean that the authority had asked itself the wrong question , which would result in a jurisdictional error . |
| 19 | Jim and Louise , however , had been forced to remain with their captor alongside the open trapdoor , until he had satisfied himself the coast was completely clear . |
| 20 | He had left himself the option of return . |
| 21 | She had left herself the early part of the evening free , and she had just finished dressing when Florian and Nicky dropped in to show her some new photos of the fair South African child who went by the name of Joni Jones , Florian having insisted on the first and the name with which he had replaced his original , paradoxically both more and less ordinary name , having been legalised in both countries whose passports he held , the United Kingdom and South Africa . |
| 22 | He had kept himself the most aloof from the crisis so far . |
| 23 | She was in some ways , a female Kenneth Williams , an eccentric who could emote facially and vocally in a way in which Ken had established himself the master . |