Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it that she , she 's , she 's , she 's wondering what will happen to her family or children if they go abroad , or is she thinking that each country in the Community , perhaps having some special erm excellence of its own , ought to be shedding this example among the others so that we all raise ourselves to a common , higher level ? |
| 2 | committed ourselves to a public right of access to information about the environment , including water supply , air quality , dumping at sea and radioactive substances ; |
| 3 | Whilst Mr. S. went to deal with a request made by the respondent 's new employer , the respondent entered the storeroom and helped himself to a key cutting machine from stock . |
| 4 | McClatchey restored St Helens ' lead with a stunning volley and Pennington helped himself to a fine hat-trick . |
| 5 | In a sullen silence he lit a cigar and helped himself to a stiff measure of brandy . |
| 6 | After making a foray into Bessie 's pantry , Lucien helped himself to a quick meal of bread and meat . |
| 7 | Charles greeted Joanne and helped himself to a large Scotch . |
| 8 | He opened the freezer and helped himself to a cold beer and the last of the chicken drumsticks from the packet he had bought earlier in the week . |
| 9 | He said Hobbins took the key , helped himself to a 20-round magazine , and stole a fellow soldier 's car to drive to Barbara 's Harlesden bedsit . |
| 10 | In September 1990 the respondent appeared with his new employer at the wholesale locksmith 's , and during the sales assistant 's brief absence the respondent helped himself to a key-cutting machine from stock . |
| 11 | While Mr. S. went to deal with a request made by Mr. A. , the respondent entered the storeroom and helped himself to a key-cutting machine from stock . |
| 12 | Unsatisfied , he helped himself to an old issue of Penthouse ( his brother , a window cleaner , had kept every issue of the magazine ) and , turning the pages at random , discovered Amaranth Wilikins spread languorously over three of them . |
| 13 | He held his last press conference in 1955 , but no more than in 1946 did he resign himself to a permanent retirement . |
| 14 | Anselm had no doubt where justice lay : ‘ No man having put his hand to the plough [ that is to say , in this case , having committed himself to a monastic life ] and looking back , is fit for the kingdom of Heaven . ’ |
| 15 | Despite the retirement of coaching team-mates Jim Telfer and Derrick Grand after the recent World Cup , Ian McGeechan has committed himself to a further term as Scotland 's principal coach . |
| 16 | After designing an architect 's dream , he will then have to try and make it functional , having committed himself to a particular shape and size . |
| 17 | Gombrich 's scholarly work includes many papers on meaning and interpretation in the visual arts , so that the broad but thin scope of his story of art is instructive ; by writing a survey he inevitably limited himself to a narrow range of comment . |
| 18 | In terms of laws governing dress , the nude bather on a public beach , the ‘ streaker ’ at a sporting event and the ‘ flasher ’ who exposes himself to an unsuspecting individual are subject to official punishments of varying severity . |
| 19 | His undoubted talents never blossomed in public life , and he devoted himself to an immense rebuilding and renovation programme at Chatsworth House , Derbyshire , where he loved to spend many hours in the library . |
| 20 | Had separatism confined itself to a political context , then however violent the discussion , its impact and effects would not have been a fraction of what they are . |
| 21 | The team may have resigned itself to a fixtureless season but there is some small consolation . |
| 22 | What the procedure does not permit is an exploration of alternative approaches , an understanding of the views of outside groups ( unless they think it worth briefing MPs ) and there is no scope for public opinion to form and react before the government has committed itself to a definite approach to the problem . |
| 23 | For the first time in peace , the US government had committed itself to a firm military alliance . |
| 24 | Labour has committed itself to a wide range of civil-liberties legislation and constitutional reform when it returns to government , to counter what its Deputy Leader , Mr Hattersley , has described as the vulnerability of traditional freedoms to the dual threat of ‘ legal restriction and a cynical partnership between Government and private enterprise ’ . |
| 25 | The Provisional Government committed itself to a wide range of reforms . |
| 26 | ( Italy had committed itself to a smaller margin of fluctuation within the EMS in January 1990 — see p. 37198 . ) |
| 27 | We know perfectly well that the Labour party has committed itself to an additional £35,000 million of public spending and no capping on local authority expenditure . |
| 28 | From 1907 Richardson devoted herself to a journalistic career , publishing periodical articles on topics which ranged from literature and politics to dentistry , as well as reviews , sketches , short stories , and poems . |
| 29 | ‘ I think Stephen wanted James to see the site first thing this morning before you took us down to the house , ’ Elaine said , and helped herself to a warm bun which she tore open , spreading it thickly with butter and lime jelly . |
| 30 | Still a bit shy , Luce hitched the thin sheet a shade higher to cover her nakedness and , having trapped it under her arms , helped herself to a flaky roll , which she spread liberally with butter and apricot jam . |