Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no night-porter , but he had a key and he let himself in to the deserted lobby . |
| 2 | Convinced that there were practical solutions to the social evils of his day , he devoted himself particularly to the temperance movement . |
| 3 | This surrender was legitimized only if the monarch devoted himself unsparingly to the good of the state and his subjects . |
| 4 | His son , Guardsman George , freely admits that the Fawcetts helped themselves judiciously to the region 's edible game . |
| 5 | The moment I felt myself slipping back into that sad , old routine , I jerked myself back to the reality of the moment . |
| 6 | Surfers traced themselves back to the Duke as if he were Adam . |
| 7 | This ascetic direction of Christianity exalted the celibate , both male and female , who abstained from both sex and reproduction and devoted themselves entirely to the coming new age that will transcend the corruptible world of birth and death . |
| 8 | Masklin lowered himself carefully to the floor and crept forward . |
| 9 | He lowered himself on to the toilet seat and jumped down on to the floor . |
| 10 | Shaking his big head slowly he lowered himself on to the chaise-longue and sat back carefully . |
| 11 | He lowered himself on to the sofa and unzipped the top of his leather suit . |
| 12 | He lowered himself down to the bed and her hands frantically flew to his bare chest . |
| 13 | Lee flung himself on to the dog . |
| 14 | Alex threw himself on to the floor and rolled over and over shouting , ‘ I do n't want her ! |
| 15 | On arriving at Southwell , Charles handed himself over to the Scottish commissioners in expectation of their support , but negotiations between them collapsed , and the Scots sold him to Parliament for £400,000 . |
| 16 | Haiducu not only failed to assassinate Goma and Tanase , but handed himself over to the French authorities with his weapon . |
| 17 | Then she no longer knew or cared how he looked or what he might be feeling , and surrendered herself totally to the sensation of being in his arms . |
| 18 | And finally as she hauled herself on to the ice-slick rock where the sun pulsed fire into her eyes , she saw |
| 19 | The 63-year-old woman , named only as Christel R , threw herself on to the spinning blade at Beverungen , Germany . |
| 20 | Then she threw herself on to the bed and stuck the pillow over her head , biting her teeth together , absolutely determined not to cry . |
| 21 | But the corridor remained silent , and with a sob of despair she threw herself on to the bed and cried till her store of tears was used up . |
| 22 | Sometimes on their fronts , sometimes on their backs , sometimes half standing , they threw themselves down to the damp coils below . |
| 23 | Yes a row of houses and of course when I saw I looked out the door and there was this plane swooping down like that and it seemed so low because they were aiming an and the bomb fell in the cattle market and , and I threw myself on to the stone floor , you see , and er and presently one of the ambulance men came round to my office door and he said , are you alright ? |
| 24 | Trent swung himself over to the settee so that she would n't have to shout . |
| 25 | Holly jack-knifed his legs over the side of the bunk , swung himself down to the floor , dropped his feet beside Adimov 's bunk . |
| 26 | The Consul General addressed himself exclusively to the Substitute in slow , accurate Italian , pronounced with his native accent . |
| 27 | ‘ We are all men of the world ’ — he excluded the Archdeacon from eye contact and addressed himself exclusively to the Dean — ‘ so of course we know , do we not , that problems of that sort for young clergy bring with them all kinds of undesirable connections . |
| 28 | Confronted with a party weighted in favour of the clerical , he nevertheless took a thoughtful look at Hugh Beringar , and addressed himself rather to the secular justice . |
| 29 | Emile Durkheim ( 1959–1917 ) addressed himself directly to the question of punishment to a much greater extent than either Marx or Weber ever did . |
| 30 | She sensed his fear and , perceiving that he had placed this construction upon their encounter , pressed herself closer to the soft protuberance of his cock , touching his balls with her cheeks , one side and then the other , wheedling the while . |