Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A problem arises when a person makes a mistake about the circumstances by which he is confronted and supposes himself to be under attack when in truth he is not . |
| 2 | It is a bold colonization by a group that knows it is — and shows itself to be — in the ascendant . |
| 3 | Actually he simply likes to live a normal life and keeps himself to himself , but in the end he decided that he would do it . |
| 4 | A searcher becomes a believer when he chooses and commits himself to the consequences of his choice . |
| 5 | In return , the Soviet Union pledges its support for the sanctity of Iraq 's own borders , promises to veto any attempt to impose penalties on Iraq , including any trial of Mr Hussein himself , and commits itself to helping to arrange a subsequent international discussion of regional issues . |
| 6 | It then finds a hiding place and attaches itself to a branch with silk . |
| 7 | This messenger RNA ( mRNA ) leaves the nucleus , enters the cytoplasm and attaches itself to the ribosome . |
| 8 | The American mink normally shuns human settlement and confines itself to natural , or at least loosely managed , environs . |
| 9 | His own farewell to 1796 was made in his ‘ Ode to the Departing Year ’ , a bleak prophecy of war and ruin in which Coleridge renounces his role as public commentator , and dedicates himself to the ‘ deep Sabbath of meek self-content ’ he hoped that Stowey , the Quantocks , and Tom Poole would now make possible . |
| 10 | When a complete stranger breaks into YOUR home and helps himself to YOUR most valued possessions — its not just the expense that hurts . |
| 11 | Rainbow reaches for the box , ravenous now , and helps herself to three more matzos . |
| 12 | Its secondary antennae have become adapted , forming claws with which it digs in and fastens itself to the delicate gill lamellae . |
| 13 | It is in the myth of Odysseus that they most poignantly figure out the tragic paralysis of the dialectic , and , by extension , the quandary of cultural critique : to steer past the temptations of the Sirens whose fatal song can not be resisted , Odysseus stuffs his men 's ears with wax so that they will not be distracted from their rowing , and binds himself to the mast with orders that he must not be released . |
| 14 | All these images together are used when Aragorn draws Andúril and declares himself to Éomer ( II , 36 ) : |
| 15 | Salim 's outlook incorporates a version of that of his friend Indar , who teaches in the polytechnic for a while , and lends himself to the philanthropic white-liberal cultivation of the African experience , where some of the best comedy in the book is located . |
| 16 | Where , however , the defendant is unaware that he is confronted by a policeman and believes himself to be entitled to use force , the situation is different . |
| 17 | The things to avoid are principally a sort of subterranean trembling that begins in the body and communicates itself to your vocal chords and even , on occasion , to the chair in which you are sitting , and those long swallows , which you never seem to do at any other time but now occur unstoppably at the wrong point of emphasis in the sentence . |
| 18 | ( iii ) To ensure that the government machine responds and adapts itself to new policies and programmes as they emerge , within the broad framework of the main departmental fields of responsibility . |