Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [pn reflx] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He immediately began to help himself to the food . |
| 2 | I decided to commit myself to the revolution and in January 1981 , went to the Frente Paracentral , which at that time covered parts of the Departments of Cabanas . |
| 3 | The girls managed to paddle themselves to the shore , but the boys spent almost an hour before being rescued . |
| 4 | Their skills were in demand as China struggled to adapt itself to the age of new technology . |
| 5 | In the run-up to the elections Fujimori sought to present himself to the public as the defender of democracy , claiming that opposition politicians had been behind a coup attempt on Nov. 13 aimed at preventing the CCD elections from taking place and restoring the 1979 Constitution . |
| 6 | According to Major-General John Strawson 's A History of the S.A.S. Regiment , its soldiers had to get themselves to the target ‘ by any means from submarine to caique ’ . |
| 7 | It was nothing to do with me if the porter wished to bring himself to the notice of Shaitan . |
| 8 | The previous occasion was in 1925 when , by rejoining the Gold Standard , Britain sought to attach herself to the economy of the United States . |
| 9 | She wanted to fling herself to the ground , to lie there with her body pressed against the purple glory . |
| 10 | The reason Gandhi gives for choosing to become a vānaprasthin is that he wanted to devote himself to the service of the community . |