Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [pn reflx] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely it is better for them to strive to be literate than to engage themselves in the fruitless task of emulating the speech of the hearing . |
| 2 | She started to feel much more comfortable about how she looked , and unconsciously began to relax and to hold herself in the quietly poised way she did when dressed in a nurse 's uniform or casual clothes . |
| 3 | be ready to make informed guesses , and to correct themselves in the light of additional information , eg by reading ahead or looking back in the text ; |
| 4 | Christians gravitated to Ireland not to impose their creed on others , but to immerse themselves in the teachings of the past — and to discover , in the seclusion and peace of the island , their own inner communion with their God , independent of hierarchical priesthoods . |
| 5 | Even a sentence like I finished mine tomorrow morning can be contextualised so as to present itself in the guise of a jocular paradox : |