Example sentences of "be [adv] [to-vb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're about to rid ourselves of the blood and fat of the buffalo . " |
| 2 | If you are sure she wants to see you and you feel that you should go , your only hope of making the visit a success is not to drag yourself with a reluctant sense of duty to her front door , groaning inwardly at the thought of it . |
| 3 | He must get it right today , however , if he is not to land himself with the label of being one of the best horses never to win a Gold Cup . |
| 4 | To be a recipient is normally to put oneself in a subordinate position . |
| 5 | One day , just as he is about to throw himself off a cliff , he sees Custer riding for Little Big Horn . |
| 6 | I was just to present myself at the right time on the due date , when he would honour his promise to see me . |
| 7 | It was an example that , in rather different circumstances , was later to commend itself to the Capetians . |
| 8 | So did my father , he was n't to bother himself with the day-to-day things like washing sheets or buying food , that was her job , she made it plain . |
| 9 | When he was satisfied no fresh threat was about to manifest itself from the darkness , he moved off back the way he had come , retracing his steps until he reached the shallow stream he had leapt a short time before . |
| 10 | In the morning Alix was about to apply herself to a file of Home Office statistics when the phone rang . |