Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [pn reflx] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , as I argued earlier , giving up one 's identity to another who is more powerful can only mean submitting oneself to the other . |
| 2 | That have concluded that the differences between two democracies in South America are not great enough to warrant arming themselves to the teeth . |
| 3 | A Punjabi speaking volunteer was suggested to sit in , but this was not acceptable as the family did not want to commit themselves to a regular time for the volunteer to call . |
| 4 | The tone of the article was that Charman was getting out because he did not want to commit himself to the group on a full-time basis . |
| 5 | After certain difficulties with the manager of the Old Vic , who did not want to commit himself to the play on the basis of the bare outline which had been shown to him , Browne approached the theatrical impresario , Henry Sherek , and asked him if he would care to produce the play — with Browne as director — at Edinburgh . |
| 6 | He may not be able to call upon the driver who took over the car to support his defence and to help him discharge the balance of probabilities in his favour , because that driver would not want to expose himself to the criminal charges of aggravated car theft . |
| 7 | Existing customers are a worse risk because if they know redundancy is in the offing they are more likely to take out redundancy protection while new borrowers are not going to commit themselves to a mortgage if they are worried about losing their jobs . ’ |
| 8 | Teacher training institutions therefore still need to address themselves to the issues outlined in the survey : |
| 9 | They also declined to commit themselves to an extension of the May ceasefire , although the possibility of an outbreak of large-scale fighting was minimized by the onset of the rainy season . |
| 10 | He immediately began to help himself to the food . |
| 11 | Compact hobs are about 550 × 450 mm ( 21 × 17in ) but if you have space , go for a large hob to take awkward-sized pans : you do n't have to limit yourself to a simple , square configuration there 's no reason why you should n't have two or three small hobs in different places . |
| 12 | He replied that he did n't intend to submit himself to a leadership election because he was determined to fight the right wing , I told him that if he refused to go he would probably end up giving them exactly what they wanted . |
| 13 | Scrope relied almost exclusively on George Villiers , first Duke of Buckingham [ q.v. ] , but consequently had to adapt himself to the tergiversations of the latter 's policies . |
| 14 | Initially the Australians showed that they were unprepared to be manipulated by quietly but firmly refusing to commit themselves to the ANC 's extra-curricular initiatives for a Boipatong visit and the wearing of black armbands during matches . |
| 15 | Muslims too claim to address themselves to an external reality and their claim is parallel to the physicists ' . |