Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pn reflx] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gang helped themselves to a video , leather jacket , private letters plus bits and pieces to the tune of £1,000 before fleeing . |
| 2 | Child labour recommended themselves to the early factory masters not only because it was cheap but also because it avoided dependence on adult labour whose traditional work habits were too deeply ingrained . |
| 3 | A significant minority of our survey subjects referred themselves to the GP , drugs counsellor , and so on . |
| 4 | Rex drew himself to the business in hand . |
| 5 | Under the terms of an agreement , signed on July 14 , the two parties committed themselves to a temporary truce from July 19 to be followed by a complete ceasefire on July 31 . |
| 6 | Following through in a single smooth action , Manville threw himself to the ground and rolled out of the doorway on to the sidewalk . |
| 7 | Concern 's chief executive , Aengus Finucane , in Somalia on a visit , said : ‘ Wendy Murphy , a nurse who was with Valerie , said Valerie threw herself to the floor of the car when the shooting started . |
| 8 | Hilton addressed himself to the practical situation of his friend who felt himself torn by the demands of the active life impinging on his desire to pursue contemplation , and helps by showing that these two terms , so often used as opposites to refer to a manner of living , either as a professed religious or as a man of affairs , take their fundamental meaning from different inner conditions . |
| 9 | I tried to look straight ahead until I reached the top , then I entered our attic room and stood there as my eyes accustomed themselves to the dim light . |
| 10 | Within years their cotton plants were decimated by a tiny bug and the Sutherlands resigned themselves to a meagre living from farming . |
| 11 | Then it seemed that the Lebanese civil war was one of those historical tragedies in which opposing communities fought themselves to a standstill only to be reconciled by a central government and foreign economic assistance . |
| 12 | The image of ‘ basket power ’ possessed by women cooperators was a formidable and persistent one , and the guild applied itself to the task of arousing women to a sense of this leverage . |
| 13 | Cornelius announced himself to a desk clerk who wore a badge saying , ‘ Hello my name is Danny ’ . |
| 14 | Reverend Wulwick dedicated himself to the children 's needs : |
| 15 | A permanent consultation mechanism was established and the public sector committed itself to the privatization of state enterprises except for certain strategic concerns , and to the substantial reduction of unnecessary bureaucracy , of expenditure and of the public deficit . |
| 16 | In 1980 these countries committed themselves to the concept of health for all by the year 2000 . |
| 17 | The CNAA committed itself to the Diploma . |
| 18 | The old man swayed gently on his haunches , then , as the boy threw himself to the left , moved effortlessly across , fending off the child with his palms , using the least force possible to achieve his end . |
| 19 | Hideki 's mother was educated and emancipated , but on marriage subjugated herself to the traditional Japanese wife 's domesticated role . |
| 20 | Finally Reddie addressed himself to the ‘ After-Puberty ’ group for sixteen-to twenty-year-olds . |
| 21 | One day , during a recreation period , Lexandro betook himself to a scriptory to study — only to discover that both of his ‘ brothers ’ were already ensconced there , although at data consoles some distance apart . |
| 22 | His enthusiasm communicated itself to the voters who responded eagerly to his promise of a " New Deal " , and he polled 22 million votes to Hoover 's 15 million , carrying 42 out of 48 states . |
| 23 | Through this attempt the Restoration lent itself to a repetition of the earlier struggle between King and Commons . |
| 24 | Jackson lowered himself to the ground . |
| 25 | Morris helped himself to a couple of lungfuls of cigarette smoke . |
| 26 | Joe returned the warm plates of food to the table , and Dolly helped herself to the mint sauce . |
| 27 | On 19 December 1960 a new Cuban — Soviet agreement was announced , by which the USSR committed itself to the purchase of 2.7 m.t . |
| 28 | She was too lost in misery , and when she found herself being lifted to her feet embarrassment added itself to the misery . |
| 29 | The agreement followed a NATO meeting in London on July 5-6 when member countries redefined the organization 's strategies and goals , and NATO committed itself to a limitation of the size of Germany 's armed forces [ see pp. 37599-600 ] . |
| 30 | Returning to the main cavern at a dead run , Ace threw herself to the side as a cluster of boxes not far off exploded with a sharp blast , hurling several of the defenders into he oily waters . |