Example sentences of "to [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a long account of this hunt , Green refers to himself at one point as being in the ‘ plebeian party . ’ |
| 2 | He stood flexing the body he had preserved to himself by hard exercise and the austere living that wore so deceptive a cloak of luxury . |
| 3 | Even though the subject matter may be such that it is difficult to come to rapid conclusions by , say , an objective test , the question should still be asked so that the teacher can explain to himself in all honesty what he is about . |
| 4 | There I found the author of Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick sipping mineral water , tapping a hand-drum and singing to himself in 17th-century verse . |
| 5 | The court said that the conclusion the arbitrator had come to could only have been reached by in effect giving evidence to himself in flat contradiction to the evidence given by the applicants ' expert witness , and the arbitrator was guilty of misconduct in failing to observe the rules of natural justice . |
| 6 | And , Father , be it admitted , he had done much to raise up enemies to himself in this house . ’ |
| 7 | However , with Sun and other compatible players moving into the Sparc SMP market , which Solbourne has had more or less to itself for some time , the company is being forced to look at other ways of differentiating its products . |
| 8 | The basic premiss , usually , is that whatever exists in a fundamental sense does not depend upon anything external to itself for own existence and is in every way self-sufficient , which is regarded as analytically true . |
| 9 | Another effect of intrinsic curvature is revealed when a vector is transported round a closed path in such a way that it is moved parallel to itself at each step of the journey . |
| 10 | It is simply an element in what , in its totality , is seen as the drama of the self-determined unfolding and return to itself of Absolute Mind . |
| 11 | His only strategy is to take small steps and to carry the local vector parallel to itself over each step . |
| 12 | E. McTaggart , in The Nature of Existence , refers to Russell as having led him ‘ to accept the view that the self is known to itself by direct perception ’ . |
| 13 | One monomer may be added to another or to itself in so-called addition reactions . |
| 14 | Downstairs Mrs Diggory , holding fast to the protesting Hector 's collar , smiled to herself with grim satisfaction , and went off to the kitchen . |
| 15 | Normally she had the pool to herself at this hour . |
| 16 | ‘ Not another one , ’ said Marie to herself in quiet desperation . |
| 17 | I have made one promise to myself about this book . |
| 18 | Yet who would have thought I would talk to myself in this way in these notes ? he wrote . |
| 19 | I nodded to myself in heartfelt agreement ( in those days children did not comment unless asked , and their presence was usually forgotten ) . |
| 20 | put the song down into a physical form , as described above , and send it to yourself by REGISTERED POST . |