Example sentences of "[noun] to [pn reflx] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | American oil companies ( fearful of the knock-on effects to themselves in the Middle East if Iranian radicals were seen to succeed ) proved more enthusiastic allies than the State Department . |
| 2 | She could hear him repeating phrases to himself through the thin wall between her room and his . |
| 3 | Money in the drapes , and in the pottery that had a shelf to itself by the wide , dark wood staircase . |
| 4 | The British raiders had the race to themselves from the final turn as Jodami overhauled his chief rival in an exciting duel that was only decided on the line . |
| 5 | Do n't bother would be more honest , for he prefers to have the kitchen to himself in the early morning , to prepare his own simple breakfast and enjoy the first cigarette of the day undisturbed . |
| 6 | For the first time since 1952 Bentley has an all-new shape to itself with the massive Continental R coupe . |
| 7 | Mr Chittenden set fire to himself outside the United Friendly offices in Clemence House , Werburgh Street , Chester , where his ex-girlfriend works . |