Example sentences of "[v-ing] himself to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JH : When launching , say , into Beethoven 's Op. 2 No. 3 C major Sonata ( for example ) , do you still find yourself thinking very much of ‘ Beethoven the young lion ’ announcing himself to the world ? |
| 2 | To explain the-timidity of these people , we need look no further than the example of Arthur Jensen , who , after devoting himself to the study of educationally significant individual differences , is declared by the press to be an advocate of segregated schooling for ‘ poor and black children ’ . |
| 3 | It was established that individual pathetic character once and forever by tying one end of his pocket handkerchief to a hook on , in the wall and attaching himself to the other to the performance , to , to the performance of this feat however the pocket handkerchief inside had been all he , he only cried bitterly all day and when the longest nights came on he spread his little hand before his eyes to shut out the darkness and crouching in the corner tried to sleep , everyone drawing himself closer and closer to the wall |
| 4 | He is in fact opposing himself to the view that I was trying to get out of the older writers , namely that beauty is the name of some sort of spiritual being . |
| 5 | He is in fact opposing himself to the view I was trying to get out of the older writers , namely that ‘ beauty ’ is the name of some sort of spiritual being . |
| 6 | Then he goes forward , as he must , to meet Esau himself , ‘ bowing himself to the ground seven times ’ as he goes . |
| 7 | When God appeared to Abraham in the guise of three strangers in need of hospitality , Abraham greeted them by bowing himself to the ground once ( 18.2 ) . |
| 8 | Laidlaw had always been the unit 's fitness fanatic , pushing himself to the limit to keep his lean , muscular body in shape . |
| 9 | ‘ I am ready , ’ he announced , pulling himself to the edge of the pool and looking down at her with no expression on his face to give her any clue about his attitude . |
| 10 | Part of Lewis 's discovery of himself as a writer was the discovery of a means of presenting himself to the reader . |
| 11 | And as Hotspur turned to face him , in mild but sympathetic surprise : ‘ He can not suppose that allying himself to the duchess of Brittany will either placate or frighten the French . |
| 12 | Perhaps again due to Hesilrige 's patronage , he became clerk of the council under the restored Commonwealth of May to October 1659 ; less predictably , however , he seems to have continued to act in this capacity under the ill-fated committee of safety ( October-December 1659 ) , this time committing himself to the service of the generals , notably Charles Fleetwood and John Lambert [ qq.v. ] , rather than the civilian leaders in the restored Rump , among whom Hesilrige was the leading figure . |
| 13 | Despite what may have appeared as the rejuvenation of an all-but-lost career , Solly is still a long way from committing himself to the marathon . |
| 14 | He ducked under Uncle Philip 's arm and grabbed his blue jacket from an antlered rack on the landing , hastily buttoning himself to the neck . |
| 15 | He was taking himself to the limit and then pushing on from there . |
| 16 | He sat for more than an hour alone before dragging himself to the room , shutting the doors loudly behind him as he went . |
| 17 | However , he did so without conceding a share in his legitimacy to the Resistance inside France and without confining himself to the role of the Resistance 's leader . |
| 18 | But he 'd shown definite signs of resigning himself to the situation — until her arrival downstairs after breakfast . |
| 19 | Many of the sonnets are wonderfully generous poems ; they give meaning and beauty ’ The generosity resides in the act of celebration , a process by which the Poet can fade himself out as an actor , reducing himself to the role of recording agent . |