Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pn reflx] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otherwise , some people would indeed quite literally eat themselves to death — in fact there have been a few cases of disturbed people doing just that in recent years . |
| 2 | Left alone , the place would rapidly choke itself to death , it seemed . |
| 3 | ‘ If I could totally devote myself to tennis maybe that would help and I 'd be more into my tennis , but I 'm not that way . |
| 4 | It does not immediately lend itself to action on the part of the adviser . |
| 5 | ‘ As my words appear to have lost their power to charm I suppose I may as well diminish myself to beast of burden . ’ |
| 6 | Highly specialised manufacturing equipment , chemical cleanser for photographic equipment , or nuts and bolts for plumbing equipment do not readily lend themselves to sampling , but a case might be made for including small but appropriate gifts in any press pack . |
| 7 | If you want to give the time … do n't unnecessarily expose yourself to danger |
| 8 | THE NINETEENTH century could never reconcile itself to Cosi fan tutte , that most consistently inspired of great operas . |
| 9 | Although Marx and Engels did not systematically apply themselves to crime and its treatment , they too showed some ambivalence in their attitudes to the status of crime under capitalism . |