Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pn reflx] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not worth driving yourself to the major airports in the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | And this , after spending themselves to the last ounce , only within the last three weeks , and being greeted everywhere with roaring crowds and cheering streets and the appearance of universal applause and approbation . |
| 3 | In 1862 the regime was hesitant about addressing itself to the broad governmental and social implications of the emancipation of the serfs , but new developments in the military and fiscal spheres signalled that its enthusiasm for reform was returning . |
| 4 | In Kingsley 's social novels particularly , the diseases of the poor have a way of transmitting themselves to the other nation by way of their omissions — neglected ponds or the products of tailors ’ sweat-shops . |
| 5 | On the other side , men of letters have so few opportunities of applying themselves to the general practice that the rules they lay down , however plausible they may seem in the closet , would often ruin the honest gardener who should venture to follow them . |
| 6 | ‘ It requires a continuous programme of selling themselves to the Catholic community . |
| 7 | Nor did he much approve of subjecting himself to the nervous exhaustion of house parties as other peoples ' guest . |
| 8 | He was wary of identifying himself to the French people as a " democrat " at a time when democracy was equated with the detested Third Republic . |
| 9 | But the rightness of that observation would depend on the inadequacy of the ‘ other protection , ’ because it is clear that there is no absolute privilege against answering incriminating questions : the privilege is against exposing oneself to the reasonable risk of prosecution . |
| 10 | He is probably downstairs , knocking back a stiff gin and tonic before submitting himself to the milder offering of champagne . |
| 11 | Their work points the way to a revision of plate tectonic theory and ideas about mountain building The USGS geologists , Mark Blake , David Howell and David Jones , have identified six distinct ‘ episodes ’ gradually creating present-day California Chunks of land came crashing onto the western side of the continent and spread out before fixing themselves to the existing coastline . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , knowledge and skill can be acquired more quickly through a well-planned training programme , and you would be well advised to consolidate your early practical experience through further training before committing yourself to the full responsibility of your own farm and livestock . |
| 13 | She caught worldwide attention last year when she claimed in a defence of prostitution charges that she could only satisfy a sex addiction by selling herself to the long line of men . |
| 14 | He cemented this election by committing himself to the Israelite nation with the words , " I will take you for my people , and I will be your God " ( Exodus 6:7 ) . |