Example sentences of "[noun] and [noun prp] [verb] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report cited numerous examples of arbitrary arrest , torture and extra-judicial killing and called on Indian politicians to use the general election of May and June to commit themselves to ending seven years of " rampant human rights abuses " in the state . |
| 2 | There was a gradual movement towards the door and Patrick allowed himself to be carried with it . |
| 3 | The Japanese position initially highlighted the weak commitment of countries such as the US and Britain to commit itself to any targets . |
| 4 | Whether by accident or design , they managed to go around without seeing any of the others and Maggie allowed herself to be selfish . |
| 5 | McClatchey restored St Helens ' lead with a stunning volley and Pennington helped himself to a fine hat-trick . |
| 6 | When Winston Smith and O'Brien pledge themselves to a revolution against dictatorship , the toast is not to the future but to the past which , as O'Brien puts it with mock gravity , is ‘ more important ’ . |