Example sentences of "and [vb past] [to-vb] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stunned but ineffectual , she yelled in righteous rage and tried to pull herself to her feet , wanting nothing else but to throw herself at Duvall as … |
| 2 | He had a strong sense of responsibility to his vocation of preaching and loved to compare himself to St Paul . |
| 3 | Ken , in the event neither fulminated nor frothed , and managed to restrict himself to a 15-minute speech in which he advanced some very cogent and well measured arguments for preventing bolting gaining the same sort of prominence it has in other countries — notably France and America . |
| 4 | When nylon underwear first became popular I produced similar fireworks and had to earth myself to radiators when nobody was looking . |
| 5 | Connolly is playing for Canterbury-Bankstown in Australia 's Winfield Cup and refused to commit himself to a new contract before going Down Under . |