Example sentences of "to [noun] [to-vb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had he gone to Glastonbury or come back by a secret route to Templecombe to hide himself in the church ? |
| 2 | Their personal safety was guaranteed by an old-fashioned exchange of hostages : senior Iraqis travelled to Arbil to put themselves in Kurdish hands — taking a risk , given Mr Hussein 's record in disposing of unwanted colleagues . |
| 3 | Following a visit to London and Paris in 1849 he returned to Aberdeen to establish himself as a portrait miniaturist . |
| 4 | Lambert came to Stamford to exhibit himself during the horse races which took place on Wittering Heath to the south of the town . |
| 5 | How long Penda remained in the territory of the northern Angles is unknown but he probably returned swiftly to Mercia to secure himself as king . |
| 6 | Mr Saunders has already been granted legal aid of up to £275,000 to defend himself against fraud charges in the criminal courts , but he may have to pay whole or part of that money back if the trial judge so decides . |
| 7 | He had not much enjoyed the campaign , and whether because of this or of the result , he had to go immediately on a two-day walk from Kingham to Oxford to purge himself of his ‘ humours ’ . |
| 8 | A physician , Naumann , was sent along with a farrier to see what went on at Alfort ; Sick , a surgeon , again with a farrier , was sent to Vienna , and an apothecary , Ratzburg , was sent to Leipzig to fit himself for teaching botany and chemistry . |
| 9 | Speculation has been intensified that Mr Nelson Mandela , African National Congress president , will soon yield to pressure to distance himself from his wife by announcing that their de facto separation is official . |
| 10 | Archbishop Aethelheard was at Rome seeking to secure the person of Odberht/Eadberht to answer charges brought against him by Offa , but Charlemagne had also sent Eadberht and others , who were in fear of death from Offa and had sought his protection , to Rome to defend themselves in person before the pope . |
| 11 | The E version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle says that he was unjustly driven from Ely and went to Rome to clear himself before the pope of the charges brought against him . |