Example sentences of "[noun] to [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In discussion of the proposal to Islamicize Libyan law , both old and young took their turn at the microphone , the older men serious , sometimes passionate , arguing both sides : they set their approval of particular measures — the prohibition of alcohol , for example — against their fear of further state interference in religious affairs , derived from unstated resentment of Qaddafi 's arrogation to himself of the power to determine what Islam might be . |
| 2 | Paisley had based his assertion about the danger to himself on a warning from inside the security forces and this fact meant that he could not establish the credibility of it by revealing the source of his information . |
| 3 | The last thing she wanted was to be a pawn between the two of them , and was n't that just what Rune had made her by drawing deliberate attention to himself on the stage before making an exhibition of both of them ? |
| 4 | This action was very strange because Andries not only attracted a lot of attention to himself by the manner of his purchase but also the dinghy had a serial number on it which made it instantly traceable . |
| 5 | You wo n't have to live with the car that draws attention to itself with a banshee wail every time you floor it in 2nd . |
| 6 | Huy decided to keep what he had learnt about Iritnefert to himself for the moment . |
| 7 | All the men on the camp were housed in brick built barrack blocks , and J. even had a little room to himself with a radiator . |
| 8 | The armourers all slept in a long room on the first floor , with J. in a small room to himself at the end , and it so happened that Matthew occupied the corresponding small room immediately underneath on the ground floor . |
| 9 | Always insists on a room to herself with a lock on the door . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Stealin' Horses ’ pops out of nowhere and hangs in the air , a skeletal ballad from Griffin with the accompaniment of a ghostly piano which can be heard weeping softy to itself in the basement . |
| 11 | Graham reluctantly pushed one of the cassettes into the system , waved the cigarette smoke irritably from his face , then turned his attention to the New York skyline and started to name the numerous skyscrapers to himself in an attempt to pass the time . |
| 12 | She had justified her behaviour to herself on the basis that the police would have been much slower and more painstaking . |
| 13 | Yet if the subjects were required to repeat the alphabet to themselves during the task this introduced a bias in gap detection favouring the right visual field . |
| 14 | You probably want to use the first few rows of the spreadsheet for a general title plus notes to yourself about the date of creation and date of most recent revision so enter the headings you want in row 9 of the spreadsheet using short labels but ones that you will find meaningful in the reports you will want to create later on . |
| 15 | ft store by the Newcastle developer 's City and Northern Ltd. at Hill heads Industrial Estate , and the local authority 's grant of planning permission to itself for a superstore at Red House Farm , both in Whitley Bay . |
| 16 | It is to take responsibility to ourselves for the way the world is . |
| 17 | They avoid making enemies , and so cut down on threats to themselves in the office jungle . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd prefer to keep our secret to ourselves for a bit , ’ Adam said firmly . |
| 19 | So if you value your anatomy , I suggest you keep your marauding Viking hands to yourself in the future . ’ |
| 20 | Asquith 's fall was the result of his own miscalculation , especially of his reluctance to believe that the Unionists would prefer Lloyd George to himself in a contest . |
| 21 | He stood in it , his clothes and skin steaming , dripping water into the urine-scented callbox , called her number , listened to it ring , called again , saying the numbers to himself like a chant , making sure his finger was in the right hole on the dial each time . |
| 22 | If you are a newcomer to the product , Symphony now provides a very good introduction to itself in the form of its online tutorial . |
| 23 | But the T'ang had kept his thoughts to himself about the killing . |
| 24 | Sometimes I would think of people who wrote letters to themselves in an attempt to feel a little less lonely , a little less unfrequented and forgotten . |
| 25 | Nigel did n't appear to notice her lack of ardour , but went blithely on about having the house to himself for the weekend , so there was going to be a party , and he 'd come and fetch her — |
| 26 | Also my teaching is squeezed into 4 days , which means that I have time to myself at the weekend , including Friday . |
| 27 | You 're going to be happiest closer to home now , Cancer and you 'll need time to yourself at the beginning of June . |