Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] to [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose he sighs because , although ( he believes ) he believes there are thistles left , he wants to keep them to himself . |
| 2 | But some want to keep it to themselves . |
| 3 | It was all she could do to admit it to herself . |
| 4 | The danger lies in not recognising it , or in attempting to deny it to ourselves . |
| 5 | Instead she glanced about the small chamber off the hall into which she had been ushered , thanking whatever saint had been responsible that de Raimes was apparently going to keep her to himself . |
| 6 | SO even if they felt hostility , they were going to keep it to themselves . |
| 7 | I thought that because he had had such good news he might just like to keep it to himself today . |
| 8 | As he left , though he did not like to admit it to himself , Huy felt his sadness tempered with relief . |
| 9 | She hated to admit it to herself , but there was something in the style and appearance of his note that would not do . |
| 10 | I would recommend to Ran that perhaps he does not go on such a big trip again , and I 'm going to recommend it to myself . ’ |
| 11 | Salvation history is the story of God and his people and how God , since creation , has attempted to reconcile them to himself . |
| 12 | She 'd have to say it to herself over and over again . |
| 13 | He had known for a long time , but had refused to admit it to himself . |
| 14 | When someone gives you some information , try to repeat it to yourself in the same way it was given to you . |
| 15 | I have often tried to describe it to myself , he wrote , but never with much success . |
| 16 | You can deny it to me all you like — I just hope you 're not trying to deny it to yourself . ’ |
| 17 | Then she remembered the woman 's anxiety , and knew she had to keep it to herself . |
| 18 | He circles round this difficult area , trying to explain it to himself ; such a circular method of approach enabled him to rewrite again and again in a syncretic way , adding and extending without damaging the basic structure of the poem . |
| 19 | She thought Quiss had too but he did n't want to admit it to himself . |
| 20 | which is er , an obligation imposed on national course among others , erm we need to read it to ourselves |
| 21 | ‘ Your Gran did n't want me around when you came visiting with Sarah and her family — wanted to have you to herself , she told me . |
| 22 | ‘ I said to myself this ca n't go on , you have to admit it to yourself you have a problem . |
| 23 | I have to hand it to myself , I really do . |