Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] [pn reflx] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I caught up with Dr Mawhinney at Deacon 's School , a local comprehensive , where he subjected himself to 45 minutes of questioning from 60 youngsters as part of an in-school mock election . |
| 2 | ( And rather shocked that he helped himself to two of Helmut 's silk scarves . |
| 3 | As a general rule Green in his Guide recommends the skies be a quarter blue and three quarters grey , and he holds himself to this idea most strictly . |
| 4 | Ross Aldridge , the ‘ newcomer ’ policeman , must have been pretty well-briefed by his predecessor , because he restricted himself to friendly off-the-record warnings when the practice occasionally became too obvious . |
| 5 | As he adapted himself to this reputation , Deems indeed grew subtle in his affairs , until man and reputation became one . |
| 6 | The Brigadier seemed to be thinking furiously as he helped himself to another glass of port . |
| 7 | He left the sentence hanging as he helped himself to more rum . |