Example sentences of "resign [pn reflx] to [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then let us add that sometimes , in the very depth of his love , he ( sic ) may have to resign himself to reading the text and , knowing what he knows , feeling what he feels , passing on in silence . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm not afraid of the dark , ’ she said , ‘ But I 'm certainly not going to resign myself to spending the night in here . ’ |
| 3 | He finally resigned himself to memorizing the translated words , hoping to come across a matching entry on one of the invoices . |
| 4 | Thus Sylvia resigned herself to walking the streets until something turned up . |
| 5 | I resigned myself to becoming a brilliant restaurant manager because I thought I had missed my chance of becoming a chef . |
| 6 | As we shall see in Chapter 6 , much conformity may be explained by powerlessness in the face of social circumstances , where the actors recognise their inability to change things , and so resign themselves to making the best of it . |