Example sentences of "resign [pn reflx] to the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should take them at their word and hold them to it , rather than resign ourselves to the judgment that they have been lying . |
| 2 | He had almost resigned himself to the fact that this cop was too cautious to be caught out like the one he had almost jumped five nights previously , when without warning the man below stepped out from the shelter of the deep doorway . |
| 3 | About three weeks later , Jenny had resigned herself to the fact that she would stay . |
| 4 | I mean I think I 've already resigned myself to the fact that I 'm going to have to do one maybe two years more before I get anything like |
| 5 | By now I had covered a fair expanse of this wood , and I had resigned myself to the fact that this would be the earliest I would get , regardless of what was in the ground . |
| 6 | ‘ I was actually satisfied with that , if only because I 'd resigned myself to the fact that I 'd never be thin , ’ she admits . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't do it grudgingly , I 'd resigned myself to the fact that football was his burning passion . |
| 8 | " I might as well resign myself to the fact that Matthew Preston is not out of my life . |
| 9 | At 16 , I resigned myself to the fact that I 'd never really be thin ’ |
| 10 | Of course Scamp gets to claim about twenty grand on some dubious insurance policy and I resign myself to the fact that I 'll never get beyond Inspector . |