Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of retaining exclusive control over classroom resources , Rick showed pupils where equipment , etc. was kept and expected them to help themselves to whatever they needed . |
| 2 | He said that he took to writing novels to support himself and his family and to enable him to devote himself to his religious writings and poems . |
| 3 | Settle down with a good book , and let them blow themselves to bits . |
| 4 | Others , however , felt a similar shudder at the thought of telling and discussing the political jokes about contemporary leaders of the modern Arab World and advised me to confine myself to the days of the Prophet and the early imams . |
| 5 | Our faith turns away from the search for personal security , which we all instinctively seek when we feel threatened , and leads us to abandon ourselves to God alone . |
| 6 | Elsewhere , the company is persuading people to take just one paper napkin instead of the traditional handful ( usage is down by 40 per cent at one US example ) and asking them to help themselves to just as many vegetables as they think they 'll realistically eat . |