Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pn reflx] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not worth driving yourself to the major airports in the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | To explain the-timidity of these people , we need look no further than the example of Arthur Jensen , who , after devoting himself to the study of educationally significant individual differences , is declared by the press to be an advocate of segregated schooling for ‘ poor and black children ’ . |
| 3 | And this , after spending themselves to the last ounce , only within the last three weeks , and being greeted everywhere with roaring crowds and cheering streets and the appearance of universal applause and approbation . |
| 4 | In 1862 the regime was hesitant about addressing itself to the broad governmental and social implications of the emancipation of the serfs , but new developments in the military and fiscal spheres signalled that its enthusiasm for reform was returning . |
| 5 | By the end of the 1850s the state had an additional reason for addressing itself to the fate of priests . |
| 6 | Francoise has a weakness though — an insatiable appetite for pushing herself to the limits of sporting endeavour in the most stunning natural locations . |
| 7 | In Kingsley 's social novels particularly , the diseases of the poor have a way of transmitting themselves to the other nation by way of their omissions — neglected ponds or the products of tailors ’ sweat-shops . |
| 8 | Beware of over-committing yourself to the foot sweep . |
| 9 | On the other side , men of letters have so few opportunities of applying themselves to the general practice that the rules they lay down , however plausible they may seem in the closet , would often ruin the honest gardener who should venture to follow them . |
| 10 | Yet the quicker they become local the greater the risk of degrading themselves to the styles and practices of their local rivals , losing the differences that account for their superiority . |
| 11 | Part of Lewis 's discovery of himself as a writer was the discovery of a means of presenting himself to the reader . |
| 12 | Disguise is a matter of presenting oneself to the person deceived in an unexpected context . |
| 13 | ‘ It requires a continuous programme of selling themselves to the Catholic community . |
| 14 | De Maizière , who had also accused the CDU on Aug. 27 of enriching itself to the tune of DM26,000,000 at the expense of the east German party ( an allegation he later withdrew ) , on Sept. 11 accused Kohl and the CDU of deliberately discrediting him . |
| 15 | ‘ I have ways of getting myself to the kitchens , ’ said the Bookman . |
| 16 | Nor did he much approve of subjecting himself to the nervous exhaustion of house parties as other peoples ' guest . |
| 17 | Our instincts tell us to beware of abandoning ourselves to the care of someone else . |
| 18 | Her growing indignation at the way they were discussing her as though she were so much merchandise was abruptly swamped by misery at the thought of giving herself to the man she had dreamed of for years in such a cold-blooded manner . |
| 19 | You may be thinking of treating yourself to a holiday erm or something of that kind . |
| 20 | He added : ‘ I take this opportunity of dedicating myself to the service of my constituents and in any capacity whatsoever to the people of my country . |
| 21 | He was wary of identifying himself to the French people as a " democrat " at a time when democracy was equated with the detested Third Republic . |
| 22 | Angus Wilson 's Hemlock and After ( 1952 ) , John Wain 's Hurry On Down ( 1953 ) , Kingsley Amis 's Lucky Jim ( 1954 ) , Iris Murdoch 's Under the Net ( 1954 ) , John Braine 's Room at the Top ( 1957 ) , Alan Sillitoe 's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ( 1958 ) , and David Storey 's This Sporting Life ( 1960 ) are all first novels in which a lone male protagonist tries to find a means of accommodating himself to a society whose main institutions he views with suspicion . |
| 23 | But he 'd shown definite signs of resigning himself to the situation — until her arrival downstairs after breakfast . |
| 24 | There 's the percentage game of wage slavery , mortgage and pension plans , and then there 's the less predictable option of throwing yourself to the fates and seeing what happens . |
| 25 | ‘ You are more beautiful than I remember , ’ he murmured , his eyes alight , ‘ in spite of reducing yourself to a scarecrow . ’ |
| 26 | And all the undertakings we might speak of reduce themselves to a single one , that of making history . |
| 27 | But the rightness of that observation would depend on the inadequacy of the ‘ other protection , ’ because it is clear that there is no absolute privilege against answering incriminating questions : the privilege is against exposing oneself to the reasonable risk of prosecution . |
| 28 | ‘ Like — like forgetting yourself to the extent of putting your arms around me . |
| 29 | Rufus had come a long way since the Goblander days and the car he got into to drive himself to the hospital he attended two mornings a week was a Mercedes , not yet a year old . |
| 30 | It may even be that despite taking care with matching yourself to the job before making an initial application you may find out further information that will make you less enthusiastic about the job . |