Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , the bloody turf wars ceased , and for a long time the authorities either winked at their illegal trade or even helped themselves to the till . |
| 2 | He applied his right eye to the hole and blinked once or twice to accustom himself to the darkness . |
| 3 | With one hand clamped between her legs to avoid dropping her load , she stepped astride the wooden animal , and gingerly lowered herself to the saddle . |
| 4 | When monks from France and Flanders were settled in the Border abbeys in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries they introduced new skills , and also devoted themselves to the expansion of sheep rearing to provide the necessary basic material . |
| 5 | I keep silent and simply apply myself to the task of closing the fridge door . |
| 6 | She went upstairs to change after luncheon and then took herself to the chair by her bedroom hearth , and said she should want nothing further , all afternoon . |
| 7 | I took this down to the town hall the following day and then set myself to the most urgent task in hand : trying to find another job . |
| 8 | In this country we call it Medau Breathing Movement , and by ‘ breathing movement ’ we mean internal movement of the trunk , which starts with the rising and falling of the diaphragm and then communicates itself to the abdominal walls , pelvic floor , the whole back and as far as the collar bone . |
| 9 | Pedro Fernández Dittus was not , however , required to spend time in detention but merely to present himself to the authorities once a week . |