Example sentences of "can [verb] [pn reflx] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can explain yourself to the CO later . ’ |
| 2 | Pastiche is a dualistic activity , and it is an activity which can lend itself to the expression of paranoid feelings and unacted desires . |
| 3 | There are Western-style concerts in Tokyo ; if you 're brave about food and hotels , I reckon you can treat yourself to a bit of Bach or Mozart , usually played with maturity and feeling by six- or seven-year-olds . |
| 4 | Once you 've developed your dexterity in this field , then you can treat yourself to a rib transfer carriage , or add it to your birthday or Christmas list . |
| 5 | In Alexandria , the old summer capital of Egypt , you can treat yourself to an overnight excursion to Cairo and Luxor , where the Valley of Kings hides Tutankhamun 's tomb . |
| 6 | From December 10th–15th at Earls Court , top designer names and leading high street stores will present their dazzling displays of style before huge audiences and as always , there 'll be the ever-popular make-over stands where visitors can treat themselves to a new look . |
| 7 | It is perhaps in part a matter of date which makes Dornford Yates 's novels seem high-flown and absurd to us where we can accommodate ourselves to the formalities of Anthony Hope 's Ruritania . |
| 8 | When researchers want to understand what it is like to be , say , a Moonie , they can submit themselves to the sorts of conditions that a Moonie experiences — so far as these are social ; but the real Moonie can , quite legitimately , protest that if the researcher does not have a personal experience of God or actually know in their heart that it is the Unification Church which has discovered the best way to live , they can not really understand what it is like to be a Moonie . |
| 9 | If they are confident , they can commit themselves to the importance of each of the eight aspects . |
| 10 | When two guanine bases are side by side in the DNA chain , both can attach themselves to the same platinum atom , forming a stable complex . |
| 11 | This widening can extend itself to a complete entry into the consciousness of cosmic mind , into unity with the universal life , even into a oneness with universal matter . |
| 12 | It is now up to the mainstream physicists to show that they can organise themselves to the point where they can justify their basic funds , and the extra money that has now been set aside for them ( This Week , 3 February , p 287 ) . |
| 13 | You can address yourself to a man , and at least hope for a quick ear and an open heart ! |
| 14 | My cats have learnt how to open our fridge so that they , our dogs and our three-year-old toddler can help themselves to the contents . |