Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] himself to " in BNC.

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1 Vive l'Impératrice ! ’ , until at one moment the Emperor stopped and addressed himself to those nearest saying courteously : ‘ If you want to please your Emperor , I would ask you to cry ‘ Vive la Reine ’ . ’
2 Jesus told the leper to go and show himself to the priest and make an offering for his healing .
3 Thus completed , he signed the form ‘ accepting and submitting himself to the statutes , rules , regulations and ordinances of McGill University and of the Faculty or Faculties in which I am registered , and to any amendments thereto which may be made while I am a student of the university and I promise to observe the same . ’
4 A searcher becomes a believer when he chooses and commits himself to the consequences of his choice .
5 He sighed and lowered himself to the other end of the settee .
6 Harry nodded and allowed himself to be led up into Long Acre .
7 But Evans merely grinned and helped himself to a stool from under a neighbouring table .
8 A few minutes , and Aldhelm would have been stirring and hauling himself to his feet .
9 It might be very unwise to accost him , to ask him just what he thought he was doing — trespassing and helping himself to food .
10 Dorcas groaned and allowed himself to be helped to his feet .
11 Firmly , however , he regrouped and readdressed himself to the task .
12 A problem arises when a person makes a mistake about the circumstances by which he is confronted and supposes himself to be under attack when in truth he is not .
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