Example sentences of "[pn reflx] to the test " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came into the room with a broad grin on his face and could hardly wait to tell me that not only had he managed to approach several people at work and ask them questions , but that he had decided to put himself to the test over the last few days and had , in fact , gone up to complete strangers in the street to ask them the time . |
| 2 | It seemed like an excellent opportunity to put himself to the test , see if his reflexes were as finely honed as they had been in the old days . |
| 3 | Gossip put nothing of himself to the test but his patience . |
| 4 | The ancient method of trial by ordeal demanded that the accused submit himself to the test of fire or of water . |
| 5 | The authorities tend to show that if a test is bodily invasive and/or unpleasant or dangerous then the court will not stay an action until the plaintiff submits him or herself to the test . |
| 6 | Putting themselves to the test … grasstrack racers go for gold . |