Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [vb pp] [pn reflx] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arafat had tried to keep his Fatah guerrillas out of the fighting , but when the Phalange and Chamounists laid siege to the Palestinian camps of Karantina and Tel al-Za'atar , the PLO had committed itself to the war on the side of the Muslims and leftists . |
| 2 | Ken had mortgaged himself to the hilt with the flat in Brunswick Gardens , Kensington and after one interminable row following another , he told his parents to leave the flat . |
| 3 | Both UDF and RPR have resigned themselves to a two year ‘ cohabitation ’ under the Socialist presidency of Francois Mitterrand . |
| 4 | Leeds captain Gary McAllister has pledged himself to the champions . |
| 5 | Sting and Peter Gabriel had committed themselves to the Amnesty world tour later that year so gave the June concerts a miss , and Simple Minds had already said yes to the Nelson Mandela birthday celebration the week before . |
| 6 | He reminded those who felt such concern that " since the war , Japan has dedicated itself to a purely defensive posture under our peace constitution and vowed never again to become a military power such as might pose a threat to other countries " . |
| 7 | ( Italy had committed itself to a smaller margin of fluctuation within the EMS in January 1990 — see p. 37198 . ) |
| 8 | But I followed landmarks — the glade of birch saplings ; the drift of unmelted snow where Kāli had helped herself to a frozen drink : the huge pine tree whose trunk had been gouged to a tenth of its width for jharo . |
| 9 | To be fair to the Tories , would Lady Whitelaw , Lady Howe or Lady Ridley have subjected themselves to the magazine make-over ? |
| 10 | Despite the retirement of coaching team-mates Jim Telfer and Derrick Grand after the recent World Cup , Ian McGeechan has committed himself to a further term as Scotland 's principal coach . |
| 11 | Charles had pushed himself to the limit in the armed forces and had insisted upon doing the full training that his fellow officers did — despite protests from his superiors . |
| 12 | About three weeks later , Jenny had resigned herself to the fact that she would stay . |
| 13 | The second argument is that the governments of the EC have committed themselves to the goal of Monetary Union in communiqués at the end of summits in the past . |