Example sentences of "resign [pn reflx] to [verb] the " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
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 | 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 . |