Example sentences of "to [noun sg] [pn reflx] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | HOWARD CLARK used to gorge himself on golf titles . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |