Example sentences of "to [pn reflx] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I read the other day a well praised first novel in which the narrator — who is both sexually inexperienced and an amateur of French literature — comically rehearses to himself the best way to kiss a girl without being rebuffed : ‘ With a slow , sensual , irresistible strength , draw her gradually towards you while gazing into her eyes as if you had just been given a copy of the first , suppressed edition of Madame Bovary . ’ |
| 2 | The child is probably trying to write down a suitable looking word , and has n't said to himself the actual word he has written down . |
| 3 | It seems reasonable to assume that Oswiu certainly brought into subjection to himself the Pictish kingdom of Fortriu ( between the Forth and the Tay ) , for Bridei , the son of Bili , king of Strathclyde , and Ecgfrith 's cousin ( HB ch. 57 ) , who became king of the Picts on the expulsion of Drest and later fought against Ecgfrith , is described specifically in the Irish annals as ‘ king of Fortriu ’ at his death in 692 ( AU s.a . |
| 4 | Robert Kilroy-Silk claims that Bryan Gould ‘ has arrogated to himself the exclusive right to speak for southern England middle income groups . ’ |
| 5 | He became aware of the consequences to himself the next day . |
| 6 | It could be argued that Gould 's irrebuttable presumption finds its support in the fact that the judiciary has arrogated to itself the ultimate decision on all questions of law . |
| 7 | The second process is an aspect of the fact that history also involves the development of exploitation , or the domination of one group by another so that the dominant group cam appropriate to itself the surplus value obtained from the labour of the other . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've done quite well , ’ Arlene conceded , keeping to herself the growing excitement with which she had been watching Paula over the past weeks . |
| 9 | I thought that perhaps I would sooner have swum in the pool with the crocodiles than draw to myself the hostile attention of that girl . |
| 10 | I knew that Syl 's mother , like my own , would consider talking to yourself the first sign of madness . |
| 11 | Is n't talking to yourself the first sign ? |
| 12 | Picture to yourself the whole theatre which by half past five was so full that not another soul could get in . |
| 13 | I see things like senile dementia as being a direct result of restricted breathing over very many years — in 20 , 30 or 40 years you can do to yourself the same sort of thing that happens in an operating theatre if oxygen is withdrawn . ’ |