Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A feeling of terror mounted in me , and I dragged myself to the telephone and rang Émile . |
| 2 | ‘ When I am in the car I am competing professionally and I commit myself to the job . |
| 3 | Of course Scamp gets to claim about twenty grand on some dubious insurance policy and I resign myself to the fact that I 'll never get beyond Inspector . |
| 4 | Soon my buttocks were pressing against the ceiling , then the back of my head , and I hauled myself to the edge of the rug to look for a way down before I was crushed . |
| 5 | In that sense , their political attractiveness is not likely to be as great as that of present policies which emphasize training , selecting and matching , and which address themselves to the individual qualities and characteristics of the teachers themselves . |
| 6 | There was nothing for Sophie to say after that and she resigned herself to the prospect of meeting Robert again , but later that morning , while she was working alone in the office , she felt desperately unhappy . |
| 7 | " We have no aggressive intentions and we commit ourselves to the peaceful resolution of all disputes . |
| 8 | He believed the Lord could and would save him , and he committed himself to the Lord and trusted him to save him . |
| 9 | The country rolled endlessly beyond his sight , and he abandoned himself to the routine of riding , resting , eating and sleeping . |
| 10 | ‘ So he went down , ’ said Frome , as if puzzling it out , ‘ and he helped himself to the headmaster 's sherry . ’ |
| 11 | Once you had served a few years , you might come to detest the job , but you committed yourself to the future . |
| 12 | Mr Richardson said : ‘ His mother tried to bar him from using the telephone but he connected himself to the line by running a piece of wire under the carpet and soldering it to the telephone terminal . ’ |
| 13 | v. Wilts U.D. , but he addresses himself to the question and uses his intelligence . |