Example sentences of "[vb past] ourselves to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We committed ourselves to the City of Edinburgh initiative asking companies to set aside a suitable proportion of the cost of any development to commission new works of art . |
| 2 | He suggested that in the meantime we should visit the Arussi mountains ; this would enable us to assess our men and , if necessary , change some before we committed ourselves to the Danakil country . |
| 3 | We committed ourselves to the fight against terrorism . |
| 4 | Partners have already er had that training er during the er during the summer months er it was carried out by er an outside consultant and most of us subjected ourselves to the se selling course , I think most of us derived some benefit from it . |
| 5 | every night , we submitted ourselves to a rigorous curfew . |
| 6 | When we talked about flukes and snails we accustomed ourselves to the idea that a parasite 's genes could have phenotypic effects on the host 's body , in exactly the same way as any animal 's genes have phenotypic effects on its ‘ own ’ body . |
| 7 | We treated ourselves to a reindeer steak , then went for a last walk over the bridge towards the polar Cathedral . |
| 8 | We retraced our steps and treated ourselves to a rucksack sledge down the corrie , taking great care not to end up with an ice-axe up the bum . |
| 9 | We treated ourselves to a sweet as well . |
| 10 | We anxiously resigned ourselves to a long wait , and as the weeks passed we gradually got to know the handful of long-term foreign residents in the town , all of them eccentric survivors from days of former glory . |