Example sentences of "to submit [pn reflx] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone who was prepared to submit himself to a debtors ' prison for a token period could apply from The Fleet or the Marshalsea for the help of the Insolvent Debtors Court . |
| 2 | How Dustin would have managed to submit himself to a real auteur like Bergman must remain a matter for conjecture . |
| 3 | He replied that he did n't intend to submit himself to a leadership election because he was determined to fight the right wing , I told him that if he refused to go he would probably end up giving them exactly what they wanted . |
| 4 | She is already six days overdue beyond the expected date of birth , which was 6 October 1992 , and she has now refused , on religious grounds , to submit herself to a Caesarean section operation . |
| 5 | I tried to imagine Ronald Reagan or Margaret Thatcher agreeing to submit themselves to a monthly grilling by members of the public , and failed . |
| 6 | Perhaps the majority are right to submit themselves to a period of subliminal absorption . |