Example sentences of "he [verb] commit [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 In so doing , he avoided committing himself too early externally and , at the same time , remained above the fray at home .
2 He has committed himself definitely to a belief .
3 He has committed himself .
4 He has committed himself to us .
5 He refuses to commit himself at all on the dating of Abdulkerim 's Muftilik , not even naming the sultan in whose reign it occurred .
6 He was a very strong , patient , virile bloke who went on living with an awful woman because he had committed himself to a marriage .
7 It could be difficult persuading Eyre to undertake the direction of a play , but once he had committed himself his absorption was total .
8 If a borrower had rashly signed a credit agreement and then discovered he had committed himself to paying what he considered disproportionate interest , he could have his opinion confirmed , or shown to be unreasonable , by a court .
9 He had committed himself , you see , so he was technically free to go , but they apparently lock the gates on patients all the same . ’
10 He 'd sounded regretful but pointed out that he had committed himself and felt it would be ill-mannered to tell his hostess he had now made other arrangements .
11 There were too many variables for his liking , but he had committed himself now .
12 She could not imagine him chasing after other women once he had committed himself , could not imagine him being so insensitive as to leave a woman — his woman — wondering why he was so late arriving home , or whether he was coming home at all .
13 Yet as he had committed himself to bringing her up here , so Ashley felt stubbornly committed to walking .
14 He says his only reason for deciding to kill Caesar was that he had committed himself to help the general public .
15 A trial close is where a salesperson attempts to conclude the sale without prejudicing the chances of continuing the selling process with the buyer should he refuse to commit himself .
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