Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grew morose after that and growled at the customers , it seems — so most took themselves to the next village for their ale . |
| 2 | Six local churches including Q.P. have so far committed themselves to the vision and are represented on the Mark 2 board . ) |
| 3 | Well , well , well , Captain , I nearly did you a great injustice a minute or two ago , I thought you had not perhaps addressed yourself to the problem on hand . |
| 4 | By taking certain needs to be universal , classical theory not only committed itself to a particular approach , but also defined its subject-matter . |
| 5 | Finally , while the Americans were well aware of Britain 's economic problems , they could not easily reconcile themselves to the need for actual defence cuts . |
| 6 | Besides , Alf can only just about drag hisself to the King 's Arms and back once a day , and then e's finished . |
| 7 | Furthermore , firms may set themselves several targets and not simply restrict themselves to the sole target of profit maximisation . |
| 8 | Code switching in this community therefore does not immediately lend itself to an account based on a notion of " we " and " they " : the " we " and " they " psychology must first be shown to exist . |
| 9 | The likelihood is that he saw the decisive disadvantages of Curzon but could not quite reconcile himself to the thought of the very junior Baldwin , who had so recently ‘ bounced ’ and damaged him over the debt settlement , being in 10 Downing Street . |
| 10 | Other leading writers , whilst not fully committing themselves to the Communist movement , have been fellow-travellers , the most notable recent example of which is Nobel prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Márquez . |
| 11 | Local GPs and social workers need to know that guaranteed specialist assistance is at hand both day and night and , as distress and despair do not conveniently confine themselves to the hours of nine to five , this means having experienced consultant psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses on call for community work at all times . |
| 12 | Provided the necessary resources to maintain an active programme of exhibitions are made available , the Library is now in a better position than ever before to project itself to the public at large through the use of instructive and stimulating displays . |
| 13 | The idea that the past harbours a golden age of tranquility also readily lends itself to the view that history might furnish us with effective methods of commonsense crime control . |
| 14 | It 's very important that you read widely , both novels and playscripts , and do n't just confine yourself to an exam syllabus . |
| 15 | The company , which has pretty much limited itself to the German market so far , is also looking to peddle its suite of software products across the border , in France , and is currently courting French distributors . |
| 16 | As Foucault ( 1977 : 16 ) put it , punishment no longer addressed itself to the body of the criminal , but to the soul . |
| 17 | This week the club lost captain David Rees to Newport and coach Paul Evans has decided he can no longer commit himself to the club because of the pressures of his Welsh Under-21 assistant coaching duties . |
| 18 | It 's Britain 's best-loved family theme park , so why not treat yourselves to a fun-filled , great value day out . |
| 19 | You never miss an issue with our brilliant 15-for-12 subscription offer , so why not treat yourself to a specially-priced binder to keep them in , too ? |
| 20 | So this year why not treat yourself to a weekend away from it all — you 'd be surprised at how affordable it can be ! |
| 21 | One third of your life is spent in bed so why not treat yourself to the very best lambswool underblanket in the world . |
| 22 | No country 's parties have yet fully adjusted themselves to the new pattern — of the big countries , the United States and Germany are probably closest — but Greece is further away than most of the rest of the western world . |
| 23 | He issues this warning to parents : ‘ Let them not too much apply themselves to the disposition of their children ’ — in short , not to become obsessed with the whole business of bringing them up . |