Example sentences of "to [pn reflx] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We made visible to ourselves the complex , multiplicity of our identities . |
| 2 | Nutty was jealous of Nails 's riding Switchback with Biddy all to himself every night but had to admit it had saved their chance for the competition . |
| 3 | He would smile to himself every time he heard this as they came to sign their contracts . |
| 4 | He who binds to himself a joy |
| 5 | So , at the point when the meditator ends in prayer that he may always keep this passion in mind , he presents to himself an image which might easily coincide with that on a rood-screen , or painted panel . |
| 6 | Similarly , in what seemed a particularly unconventional technique at the time , Michel Butor , in La Modification ( 1957 ) , employs a second-person narrative as a means , apparently , of voicing the monologue which Léon Delmont is conducting with himself as he travels from Paris to Rome to join his mistress , explaining to himself the history of his affair and anticipating how it will resolve itself . |
| 7 | In Ellis v. John Stenning & Son A sold land to B , reserving to himself the right to cut and sell the uncut timber on the land . |
| 8 | He went bounding up the stairs , three or four at a time , praying to himself the room had n't been taken over by some amorous couple while he 'd been away , cursing himself for doubting her . |
| 9 | Why does he arrogate to himself the claim to know more about patient care than all those professionals ? |
| 10 | If a current element I ds is displaced parallel to itself a distance dl in a magnetic flux density B then the work done is |
| 11 | Left to itself a vine would carpet the land in every direction , albeit making haphazard progress . |
| 12 | If left to itself the road would disappear in three months . |
| 13 | But left to itself the butterfly slowly adapts to its new shape . |
| 14 | In 1265 the papacy had reserved to itself the right to provide candidates to a wide variety of livings in the gift of ecclesiastical patrons and to bishoprics vacated at Rome . |
| 15 | takes to itself the sunset 's sweet sauterne |
| 16 | ‘ … left to itself the market will function in such a way as to cause great harm to the interests of young people , companies and taxpayers alike . ’ |
| 17 | Once the state arrogates to itself the power to decide on all economic matters it is but a short step to the physical direction of labour . |
| 18 | From the eighth century onwards , the Church arrogated to itself the power to create kings . |
| 19 | If it were left to itself the House of Commons could produce independent members in a way that would make the King 's Government impossible since it could refuse to grant the money needed to carry out his will . |
| 20 | Rain had decided to keep that to herself a while longer . |
| 21 | Sophie nodded , keeping to herself the thought that George was expounding a powerful argument against the keeping of animals in zoos . |
| 22 | She would keep to herself the colour of her days — white Mondays , bordered in yellow , mahogany-brown Sundays . |
| 23 | Lovingly , as if repeating one of the poems she had learnt as a girl , and never forgotten , she crooned to herself the doctor 's words , ‘ Nothing to worry about , Mrs Mallory . |
| 24 | The intricate and ever-growing industrial co-operation of the civilised nations through trade does not permit any nation to keep to herself the gain of any market she may hold . |
| 25 | Had already admitted to herself the extent of her own love for him . |
| 26 | I do not arrogate to myself a knowledge superior to that of the professionals , but I have had imposed on me the obligation to exercise a quasi-judicial function in assessing applications . |
| 27 | I really enjoy writing dialogue ; I tend to talk to myself a lot anyway so I suppose I 'm used to it . |
| 28 | I put to myself the question : ‘ How then , does it come right ? ’ |
| 29 | I often please myself with anticipations of our return , picture to myself the joy and greetings when we meet , and I try to fancy the appearance of the dear children — they will be grown out of all knowledge . ’ |
| 30 | " The Meeting have taken it into Consideration the Complaints which every member of this Meeting have now stated , that their Dykes and Inclosures are very much Damaged and broke down by passengers assuming to themselves a right to take Cross and Short Cuts thro' Inclosures … |