Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ever-present reality in the West — industrial ‘ restructuring ’ , the whittling away of heavy industry and the growth of ever more exotic services — is not a model that automatically commends itself to imitation . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's where my family live , ’ he says distantly , and slowly drink himself to death . |
| 3 | How could grown men and women risk excommunication , persecution , and even burn themselves to death rather than see the altar procession move from left to right , the number of alleluias cut from three to two , and the number of fingers used in making the sign of the cross raised from two to three ? |
| 4 | Possibly because BIS confines itself to activity in the academic , college and research libraries ( where most library instruction takes place ) , and the various committees have set themselves more specific tasks , BIS seems to be a more successful co-operative and co-ordinating agency than LIRT . |
| 5 | ‘ As my words appear to have lost their power to charm I suppose I may as well diminish myself to beast of burden . ’ |