Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [pn reflx] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when he surrenders himself to the moods and atmospheres of the hills , something authentic comes through : |
| 2 | Ackroyd 's truest prose occurs when he applies himself to the imitation of ancient and recent writers — a repertoire of others . |
| 3 | v. Wilts U.D. , but he addresses himself to the question and uses his intelligence . |
| 4 | He makes it repeatedly clear that he addresses himself to the Greeks who have little knowledge of Roman institutions ; but on the other hand he refers to Roman readers ( 6.5 1 .3–8 ) and is quite obviously looking at them over his shoulder . |
| 5 | There is a delightful passage where he addresses himself to the role of dreams and faces out the difficulty inherent in medieval lore which others like Chaucer resolve through ambiguity : namely , that in a situation where some dreams were held to reveal truth and others to be the products of a disordered digestive system , it is difficult to distinguish true from false . |