Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] himself to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally in the pursuit of profit he has to sacrifice himself to the ordeal of a business lunch with a customer , supplier or business contact . |
| 2 | The observer has to submit himself to the way things are . |
| 3 | He came into the room with a broad grin on his face and could hardly wait to tell me that not only had he managed to approach several people at work and ask them questions , but that he had decided to put himself to the test over the last few days and had , in fact , gone up to complete strangers in the street to ask them the time . |
| 4 | This type will grow into a defiant adult seeking to prove himself to the world . |
| 5 | He had decided to show himself to the crowd , and take the plunge into the humiliation that was awaiting him . |
| 6 | He immediately began to help himself to the food . |
| 7 | In the run-up to the elections Fujimori sought to present himself to the public as the defender of democracy , claiming that opposition politicians had been behind a coup attempt on Nov. 13 aimed at preventing the CCD elections from taking place and restoring the 1979 Constitution . |
| 8 | On one occassion he had made a huge crossbow , hoping to throw himself to the mainland , but the elastic snapped , sending him backwards into the school and he had spent two weeks finding his way out . |
| 9 | It was nothing to do with me if the porter wished to bring himself to the notice of Shaitan . |
| 10 | After certain difficulties with the manager of the Old Vic , who did not want to commit himself to the play on the basis of the bare outline which had been shown to him , Browne approached the theatrical impresario , Henry Sherek , and asked him if he would care to produce the play — with Browne as director — at Edinburgh . |
| 11 | The tone of the article was that Charman was getting out because he did not want to commit himself to the group on a full-time basis . |
| 12 | Right at the last minute , as the cameras were due to roll , the director spotted that Beesley had managed to insinuate himself to the ship 's rail ; picking up his megaphone , he instructed the amateur imposter kindly to disembark . |
| 13 | The reason Gandhi gives for choosing to become a vānaprasthin is that he wanted to devote himself to the service of the community . |