Example sentences of "to involve [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 We try to involve ourselves with the Austrian authorities as little as possible . ’
2 Leicester have won just one of their 11 Carlsberg League games this season , but the club suggested that the reason for the dismissal was Johnson 's unwillingness to involve himself in the club 's junior programme .
3 At no time during his life did Vincent show any sign of wanting to involve himself in the socialist movements of his day .
4 He was not prepared , however , to involve himself in the European war which would have resulted from a substantial direct intervention in Turkish affairs .
5 High quality opportunism like that is what Tranmere paid Everton £300,000 for but , until he scored , the travelling fans were entitled to question Nevin 's eagerness to involve himself in the game .
6 The coalition wants Congress to involve itself in the details of the agreement , as a means of ensuring adequate environmental and health guarantees .
7 There were those , however , who decided by a quite conscious effort of will to involve themselves in the day-to-day life of such humble if not squalid areas of London ; one such man was Rev. William Quekett , about whom Dickens was here writing in his article , ‘ What a London curate can do if he tries ’ .
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