Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But all kinds of labour ‘ had to be capable of readily adapting themselves to new conditions , and not become petrified in a rigid and inflexible mould ’ . |
| 2 | Although it is a means of asserting authority , coming as it does at the start of the shift , parade is very relaxed and , from the point of view of the ordinary constables , serves as a way of casually reorientating themselves to the demands of work . |
| 3 | How could the French people be expected to remember us when we ourselves have devoted fifteen years to the task of being forgotten , when , for fifteen years , the mainspring of the actions of the entire family has been the fear of compromising themselves , and they have avoided every chance of coming forward , the only way of publicly recalling themselves to the people 's memory ? |
| 4 | If anything it is more open to criticism for solely addressing itself to these areas . |
| 5 | But in largely confining itself to observable phenomena . |
| 6 | On only baring themselves to their personal sex . |
| 7 | Often they are recruited or assigned at short notice to an unfamiliar school and are expected to instantly mould themselves to its systems of operating and style . |
| 8 | But I will know fairly quickly if erm if their background is a bit iffy they have to really sell themselves to me . |
| 9 | Erm you know we sort of seem to limp from one meeting to another without really committing ourselves to anything much . |
| 10 | Jesus had shown the way back to God and had demonstrated in his own person that he was the Way , but men and women in order to return to God would need to freely join themselves to the new humanity of Christ . |
| 11 | However , now is the time to face it because you are about to change , to actually help yourself to a better figure . |
| 12 | The Secretary of State , Virginia Bottomley , at once committed herself to finding an urgent solution to the problem of maintaining the treatment of discharged patients suffering from chronic mental illness , who can all too easily be missed by current community psychiatric services . |
| 13 | A way out of his dilemma at once presented itself to his mind . |
| 14 | The older villagers mainly watched , but by so doing at least attached themselves to and reinforced the validity of the actions of the young . |
| 15 | ‘ We have to help ourselves by never stretching ourselves to the limit when taking out a mortgage or borrowing money . ‘ |