Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [verb] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again , Steffi Graf has shown herself to be the best player in the world by far — in more than one sense . |
| 2 | ‘ Bobby has proved himself to be something of a medical miracle already by his resilience to the treatment . ’ |
| 3 | Frank Spencer had endeared himself to so many people that Crawford 's wish to leave the character behind was tempered by the pleasure it had clearly brought . |
| 4 | Arafat had tried to keep his Fatah guerrillas out of the fighting , but when the Phalange and Chamounists laid siege to the Palestinian camps of Karantina and Tel al-Za'atar , the PLO had committed itself to the war on the side of the Muslims and leftists . |
| 5 | By the end of 1337 Edward had committed himself to spending £124,000 on his allies , and his parliamentary grants would bring in only about £38,000 a year . |
| 6 | Which was that Ellen had sworn herself to celibacy while she worked as a cook , a decision that was to me as eccentric as it was both incomprehensible and frustrating . |
| 7 | Ken had mortgaged himself to the hilt with the flat in Brunswick Gardens , Kensington and after one interminable row following another , he told his parents to leave the flat . |
| 8 | ‘ Mr Bradburn has shown himself to be a fine teacher and a popular colleague . ’ |
| 9 | As a Puritan , Bourne had devoted himself to God 's cause , as he saw it . |
| 10 | Before all that , however , England have to readdress themselves to the problem of defeating the Irish and the Dutch , who beat them in Stuttgart and Dusseldorf last year . |
| 11 | I see the whole chapter as a subtle but misconceived footnote to Crime and Punishment ; in these pages , instead of brushing past Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov in his return upon the underground man , Dostoevsky has allowed himself to be obstructed by them , and the result is a Stavrogin who compounds Raskolnikov 's bracing himself to enter the police station ‘ as a man ’ and confess with Svidrigailov 's reaching out in all directions , including the far extremes of moral and physical debauchery , in the hope that something , it does n't matter what , will make him unbored . |
| 12 | bakery student , Pound Lane has proved herself to be an outstanding baker . |
| 13 | After his long , slow climb Stoneley had found himself to be a novice at office in-fighting , some examples of which could make the brutal intentions of a common criminal seem almost harmless . |
| 14 | This Matilda had shown herself to be as resolute and intelligent as her cousin and namesake in Gloucester , but had forgotten neither compassion nor patience . |
| 15 | Though before she could get in with a quick plea for an interview , Vendelin Gajdusek revealed that he had not for a moment forgotten the way in which the Dobermann had attached himself to her ankle , by decreeing , ‘ You 'd better come into the house and have some antiseptic put on that wound . ’ |
| 16 | Nicol had betaken himself to his due place among the servants , and Tutilo , silent and self-effacing among such distinguished company , was down at the end among the clerks and chaplains , and wary of opening his mouth even there . |
| 17 | Cambridge have shown themselves to be fast starters but Bangert has sometimes lacked the rhythm to capitalise on an early lead , while Oxford , though led in practice races , have rowed strong opponents down . |
| 18 | Both UDF and RPR have resigned themselves to a two year ‘ cohabitation ’ under the Socialist presidency of Francois Mitterrand . |
| 19 | The new release of PageMaker has addressed itself to four main areas in which users felt the product was lacking ; long documents , repetitive formats , graphics and colour , as well as adding additional features such as text export and enhanced file import facilities . |
| 20 | Perhaps Nicodemus has helped hisself to 'em . |
| 21 | Leeds captain Gary McAllister has pledged himself to the champions . |
| 22 | The Word was made flesh in Jesus Christ ; God has given himself to be understood in our terms and on our level ; and even in these terms and on that level it is the reality of God that is given for us to understand . |
| 23 | It is quite enough for me to try to grasp the way in which God has disclosed himself to us . |
| 24 | Toks Akpata has devoted himself to changing the Laws to reduce the risk of spinal injury . |
| 25 | Sting and Peter Gabriel had committed themselves to the Amnesty world tour later that year so gave the June concerts a miss , and Simple Minds had already said yes to the Nelson Mandela birthday celebration the week before . |
| 26 | The appeal court in Pappa v Rose ( 1872 ) LR 7 CP 525 noted that the valuers in Jenkins v Betham had declared themselves to be persons possessed of proper skill for valuations of ecclesiastical property , whereas Mr Rose was only a selling broker expressing his opinion . |
| 27 | Liz had felt herself to be close to Naomi , as she nursed Naomi 's children , slept with Naomi 's husband , took tea or sherry with Naomi 's parents , helped to form the childish letters which her stepchildren wrote to Naomi 's parents thanking them for presents , for outings . |
| 28 | At this Brian had resigned himself to living in the district . |
| 29 | Mrs Pigdon had shown herself to be anything but sympathetic when she arrived at the hostelry earlier that evening . |
| 30 | He reminded those who felt such concern that " since the war , Japan has dedicated itself to a purely defensive posture under our peace constitution and vowed never again to become a military power such as might pose a threat to other countries " . |