Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The " subject of knowledge " , it is argued , should turn his attention to himself as a historical individual , and explore the essential aspects of his own manner-to-be . |
| 2 | Money in the drapes , and in the pottery that had a shelf to itself by the wide , dark wood staircase . |
| 3 | The British raiders had the race to themselves from the final turn as Jodami overhauled his chief rival in an exciting duel that was only decided on the line . |
| 4 | Do n't bother would be more honest , for he prefers to have the kitchen to himself in the early morning , to prepare his own simple breakfast and enjoy the first cigarette of the day undisturbed . |
| 5 | She clutched the warm , glowing vision to herself like a hot-water bottle to keep out the cold and loneliness of the night . |
| 6 | He justified his secrecy to himself as a necessary precaution , but , lying somewhat deeper , there was a wish to preserve the intimacy of the link with Heather that they represented , a desire to conceal both his possession of them and his pursuit of what they meant . |
| 7 | When Nails had the refrigerator factory to himself on a warm summer evening he felt amazingly content . |
| 8 | For the first time since 1952 Bentley has an all-new shape to itself with the massive Continental R coupe . |
| 9 | Mr Chittenden set fire to himself outside the United Friendly offices in Clemence House , Werburgh Street , Chester , where his ex-girlfriend works . |
| 10 | Three minutes into the second-half the non-Leaguers ' obligatory fireman , Mottashed , instead of shooting himself in the foot , set fire to himself with a jittery own goal and Loram shortly made it 3-1 , deader than dead . |