Example sentences of "and [noun] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sense of joy and spiritual opportunity at the heart of this interpretation of human history and the life of faith is vibrantly embodied in a fifteenth-century carol : It has been suggested that this carol is guilty of reducing the mystery of God to human terms and redemption itself to " little more than a lark " . |
| 2 | The conversation between the four of them ranged from the trial and Venice itself to the difficulties besetting the people who were trying to build a better , more humane world than the old one on the wreckage left by the war . |
| 3 | I fail to see why I should stay and subject myself to any more of your murderous mood . ’ |
| 4 | The show , described as a ‘ human demolition spectacular ’ by circus leader Jim Rose , features The Amazing Mr Lifto ( pictured ) , Slug The Sword Swallower , Mat The Pharmacist ( who practises non-incision hospital operating procedures on himself ) and The Torture King , whose act includes sticking 40 meat skewers through his face , neck and torso , attacking a lightbulb to each skewer end , and wiring himself to an electrical generator to illuminate the bulbs . |
| 5 | If , like me , you tend to sit on mountains of paper , and rely on your memory to root out a reference , then you will need to be strong and discipline yourself to filing items away as soon as you have finished with them , either in folders or binders or in cabinet or box file , depending on the amount of space you have available . |