Example sentences of "to [noun] [pn reflx] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He preferred life at court to the hardships of campaigning ; he liked to deck himself in strings of precious stones and belts studded with priceless gems ; he wore clothes of the finest silk and from each ear lobe he hung a single pearl of remarkable size . |
| 2 | The moment teachers feel safe enough to tell the truth ( which is often anywhere but in their own staffrooms ) , they rush to unburden themselves of feelings and symptoms such as those which I have described , and are surprised and relieved that other people are feeling the same way . |
| 3 | Jane is convinced that this refusal to unburden herself to friends led to increased frustrations for her mother . |
| 4 | It may not be ready to unburden itself before NT ships . |
| 5 | The Poles of the Prussian marches had been under pressure to Germanise themselves for centuries . |
| 6 | If necessary he would walk to Lenin himself in Moscow . |
| 7 | With John Cocks cursing the fact that he had not brought his tripod and frustrated by the lack of lighting equipment we had to content ourselves with lunch sans photography . |
| 8 | The Italians welcomed the young prodigy , and an opera commission was quickly arranged , although Leopold was pessimistic about their chances of making any money : ‘ We shall have to content ourselves with admiration and applause instead . ’ |
| 9 | HOWARD CLARK used to gorge himself on golf titles . |
| 10 | He came from the far north and at the Highland games he used to array himself in kilt and sporran and throw cabers around like matchsticks . |
| 11 | Now he 's on a rehabilitation programme , trying to ween himself off drugs . |
| 12 | I 'll take my wife home to Bamburgh , Hal , and go north to Berwick myself for part of the summer . |
| 13 | Its instinct is to root itself in truth , to earth itself in reality , and it is this which distinguishes faith from fantasy , the object of faith from a figment of the imagination . |
| 14 | The Sri Lanka Moslem Congress called for the Moslem community to arm itself for self-defence in view of the government 's inability to provide adequate protection . |