Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's where my family live , ’ he says distantly , and slowly drink himself to death . |
| 2 | As she responded , he increased the pressure of his lips on hers until she realised what he was trying to do , and slowly allowed herself to be pushed back into a lying position . |
| 3 | This model provided a way of visualizing the pattern of morphogenetic systems over the earth 's surface during the Cainozoic and so lent itself to a clear way of integrating contemporary world zones with those of the past when ice sheets were non-existent or much less extensive . |
| 4 | As we shall see in Chapter 6 , much conformity may be explained by powerlessness in the face of social circumstances , where the actors recognise their inability to change things , and so resign themselves to making the best of it . |
| 5 | With one hand clamped between her legs to avoid dropping her load , she stepped astride the wooden animal , and gingerly lowered herself to the saddle . |
| 6 | We get envious of them , and constantly compare ourselves to them . |
| 7 | It was always argued here that , if Mr Major cut direct taxation , then made direct taxation ‘ an issue ’ , and generally endeared himself to Essex Man and Woman , he would be still more likely to win than he otherwise would . |
| 8 | The influence of Community law is steadily expanding , so that each member State is increasingly having to adjust its thinking to accommodate principles and rules derived from other legal systems within the Community and thus to acclimatize itself to a less nationalistic approach to law . |
| 9 | Many of these areas lie too wet in winter for arable farming , and thus lend themselves to bought-in herds of cattle for summer fattening . |
| 10 | I knew it was so necessary and just applied myself to doing everything they told me . ’ |
| 11 | There are little tricks , for example , if it 's a time clause , when you think to yourself oh God it 's one of those lists , you sit down and calm yourself , take a Valium or whatever it is and just apply yourselves to that , right , what the next point is so the first thing I want you to do is stop at this time clause , when you realize it 's a time clause I want you to go trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot to the main verb , alright ? |
| 12 | It 's it 's just the strains that I 've had to go through , raising her up , and the time and the energy and just having myself to be sane , you know and and well ! |
| 13 | Obviously , individuals that either fail to find enough food for themselves or unwisely and fatally expose themselves to predators tend to die young and to leave few offspring . |
| 14 | Significantly lower down on the status scale is Gatorland , where you can watch a Seminole Indian wrestle an alligator and later treat yourself to fried alligator tail at the snack bar ; it 's actually not as vile as it sounds . |
| 15 | He is pictured on the right receiving gift vouchers which he spent on household items and also treated himself to a new pair of binoculars for his bird watching hobby . |
| 16 | When monks from France and Flanders were settled in the Border abbeys in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries they introduced new skills , and also devoted themselves to the expansion of sheep rearing to provide the necessary basic material . |
| 17 | In any case , if one insists on anthropomorphizing the gene , it behaves not selfishly but in utter disregard of its own interests , either doing the same thing over and over again or , by mutation , doing something else quite arbitrarily , and passively allowing itself to be favoured or eliminated by natural selection . |
| 18 | This record-breaking year , which has seen the men 's team collect the national championship silver medal and now prove themselves to be the best club team in the North augurs well for the future of the Darlington club . |
| 19 | The earlier deists were not so sharply aware of this gulf , and often believed themselves to be defending Christian faith by offering it a solid foundation . |
| 20 | Small clients handled roughly from what sounded like a hectic dealing room got turned on by the apparent professionalism of it all , and often allowed themselves to be persuaded into buying almost worthless over the counter ( OTC ) shares . |
| 21 | It remains to be seen , however , whether the UDC model can effectively and efficiently adapt itself to its broader goals . |
| 22 | How could grown men and women risk excommunication , persecution , and even burn themselves to death rather than see the altar procession move from left to right , the number of alleluias cut from three to two , and the number of fingers used in making the sign of the cross raised from two to three ? |
| 23 | I keep silent and simply apply myself to the task of closing the fridge door . |
| 24 | He scored the only goal of the game and immediately endeared himself to half the city 's fans . |
| 25 | But having done so , they go on to argue that experiences , being essentially mental , can not be properly ascribed to non-mental subjects , and immediately expose themselves to a question about the true identity of their bearers and the criteria under which experiences can be ascribed to them . |
| 26 | She went upstairs to change after luncheon and then took herself to the chair by her bedroom hearth , and said she should want nothing further , all afternoon . |
| 27 | I took this down to the town hall the following day and then set myself to the most urgent task in hand : trying to find another job . |
| 28 | In this country we call it Medau Breathing Movement , and by ‘ breathing movement ’ we mean internal movement of the trunk , which starts with the rising and falling of the diaphragm and then communicates itself to the abdominal walls , pelvic floor , the whole back and as far as the collar bone . |
| 29 | The United States was not a signatory in the CENTO arrangement , but it became involved in CENTO planning and some of its military committees and virtually committed itself to a military response to an attack on any of its members . |
| 30 | The professional assessment is that the Mitre ball is heavier when it flies through the air and therefore lends itself to greater accuracy . |