Example sentences of "have [verb] [to-vb] [pn reflx] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ANN CLWYD is a tough Parliamentary performer who has managed to force herself to the forefront of public attention despite holding the relatively low-profile portfolio of overseas development and cooperation in Labour 's Shadow Cabinet . |
| 2 | How Dustin would have managed to submit himself to a real auteur like Bergman must remain a matter for conjecture . |
| 3 | He came into the room with a broad grin on his face and could hardly wait to tell me that not only had he managed to approach several people at work and ask them questions , but that he had decided to put himself to the test over the last few days and had , in fact , gone up to complete strangers in the street to ask them the time . |
| 4 | He had decided to show himself to the crowd , and take the plunge into the humiliation that was awaiting him . |
| 5 | A previous landlady had tried to help herself to the orange juice to put in her gin . |
| 6 | She had meant to confine herself to the unwelcome proposal of marriage from Manfro Draper , but somehow she found herself telling her listeners all about her mother and father . |
| 7 | Right at the last minute , as the cameras were due to roll , the director spotted that Beesley had managed to insinuate himself to the ship 's rail ; picking up his megaphone , he instructed the amateur imposter kindly to disembark . |
| 8 | You have got to accustom yourself to the book that is written from several different viewpoints . |
| 9 | The report 's authors claim that all three major political parties have failed to address themselves to the country 's ‘ housing emergency ’ . |