Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | In discussion of the proposal to Islamicize Libyan law , both old and young took their turn at the microphone , the older men serious , sometimes passionate , arguing both sides : they set their approval of particular measures — the prohibition of alcohol , for example — against their fear of further state interference in religious affairs , derived from unstated resentment of Qaddafi 's arrogation to himself of the power to determine what Islam might be . |
2 | Paisley had based his assertion about the danger to himself on a warning from inside the security forces and this fact meant that he could not establish the credibility of it by revealing the source of his information . |
3 | The " subject of knowledge " , it is argued , should turn his attention to himself as a historical individual , and explore the essential aspects of his own manner-to-be . |
4 | The last thing she wanted was to be a pawn between the two of them , and was n't that just what Rune had made her by drawing deliberate attention to himself on the stage before making an exhibition of both of them ? |
5 | This action was very strange because Andries not only attracted a lot of attention to himself by the manner of his purchase but also the dinghy had a serial number on it which made it instantly traceable . |
6 | You wo n't have to live with the car that draws attention to itself with a banshee wail every time you floor it in 2nd . |
7 | Money in the drapes , and in the pottery that had a shelf to itself by the wide , dark wood staircase . |
8 | All the men on the camp were housed in brick built barrack blocks , and J. even had a little room to himself with a radiator . |
9 | The armourers all slept in a long room on the first floor , with J. in a small room to himself at the end , and it so happened that Matthew occupied the corresponding small room immediately underneath on the ground floor . |
10 | Always insists on a room to herself with a lock on the door . ’ |
11 | ‘ Stealin' Horses ’ pops out of nowhere and hangs in the air , a skeletal ballad from Griffin with the accompaniment of a ghostly piano which can be heard weeping softy to itself in the basement . |
12 | He can , though , take a quick throw-in to himself in the '22 . |
13 | She had justified her behaviour to herself on the basis that the police would have been much slower and more painstaking . |
14 | The British raiders had the race to themselves from the final turn as Jodami overhauled his chief rival in an exciting duel that was only decided on the line . |
15 | Yet if the subjects were required to repeat the alphabet to themselves during the task this introduced a bias in gap detection favouring the right visual field . |
16 | ft store by the Newcastle developer 's City and Northern Ltd. at Hill heads Industrial Estate , and the local authority 's grant of planning permission to itself for a superstore at Red House Farm , both in Whitley Bay . |
17 | It is to take responsibility to ourselves for the way the world is . |
18 | An hour to myself without the children on Sunday |
19 | It takes imagination and a lot of practice to read a play to yourself in the same time as it would take to see it on the stage . |
20 | Do n't bother would be more honest , for he prefers to have the kitchen to himself in the early morning , to prepare his own simple breakfast and enjoy the first cigarette of the day undisturbed . |
21 | ‘ I 'd prefer to keep our secret to ourselves for a bit , ’ Adam said firmly . |
22 | She clutched the warm , glowing vision to herself like a hot-water bottle to keep out the cold and loneliness of the night . |
23 | He justified his secrecy to himself as a necessary precaution , but , lying somewhat deeper , there was a wish to preserve the intimacy of the link with Heather that they represented , a desire to conceal both his possession of them and his pursuit of what they meant . |
24 | If you are a newcomer to the product , Symphony now provides a very good introduction to itself in the form of its online tutorial . |
25 | When Nails had the refrigerator factory to himself on a warm summer evening he felt amazingly content . |
26 | For the first time since 1952 Bentley has an all-new shape to itself with the massive Continental R coupe . |
27 | When Elizabeth 's mother and sister had gone to Leeds , Elizabeth and George had the house to themselves for the first time since the early days of their marriage . |
28 | Nigel did n't appear to notice her lack of ardour , but went blithely on about having the house to himself for the weekend , so there was going to be a party , and he 'd come and fetch her — |
29 | Also my teaching is squeezed into 4 days , which means that I have time to myself at the weekend , including Friday . |
30 | You 're going to be happiest closer to home now , Cancer and you 'll need time to yourself at the beginning of June . |