Example sentences of "[vb past] to [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ensured that the infant emperor continued to study in Paris for another seven years and meantime the French Resident Superior in Hue arrogated to himself the few remaining vestiges of imperial authority . |
| 2 | From the eighth century onwards , the Church arrogated to itself the power to create kings . |
| 3 | Lovingly , as if repeating one of the poems she had learnt as a girl , and never forgotten , she crooned to herself the doctor 's words , ‘ Nothing to worry about , Mrs Mallory . |
| 4 | He grinned to himself a little and thought , you cagey bastard . |
| 5 | She talked to herself a little , lowering her voice and drawling carefully . |
| 6 | But left to itself the butterfly slowly adapts to its new shape . |
| 7 | Wistfully , Jaq quoted to himself the words of an ancient leader of the middle kingdom on bygone Earth : ‘ In the land of a thousand million people , what does the death of one million of these count in the cause of purity ? ’ |