Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] to [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 For the first time since 1952 Bentley has an all-new shape to itself with the massive Continental R coupe .
2 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 .
3 He can , though , take a quick throw-in to himself in the '22 .
4 If you are a newcomer to the product , Symphony now provides a very good introduction to itself in the form of its online tutorial .
5 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 .
6 During and following the Gorbachev era there were numerous complaints about the tendency of presidents to arrogate more power to themselves on the grounds that it was a temporary measure to deal with the extremely serious economic and social situation facing the republics .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 ?
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 She clutched the warm , glowing vision to herself like a hot-water bottle to keep out the cold and loneliness of the night .
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