Example sentences of "himself [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a number of occasions in the novel , the narrator Marcel himself refers to the intellect as a kind of lattice-work , with which we try to capture reality , but through which reality flows and escapes us . |
| 2 | Offe himself refers to the exhaustion of the potential of the labour movement and explicitly endorses Gorz 's ( 1982 ) Farewell to the Working Class . |
| 3 | When he excused himself to go to the bathroom Simone turned to her , her dark eyes shining . |
| 4 | Rex found himself crashing to the ground . |
| 5 | Drew himself added to the excitement by giving interviews from his luxurious hotel room at the Great Western . |
| 6 | The sheriff of Lincoln was sent to Stamford , but he met with considerable resistance , and Peck , quoting John Selden , suggests the king himself came to the town because of the students ' stubbornness . |
| 7 | On the other hand a diary entry such as ‘ ring X ’ is effective and if the entry is some way in the future it may be necessary to amplify with a trigger of the form ‘ ring X re Y ’ and to have easily accessible some factual data such as the X telephone number and some data re Y. In a different context a car driver will develop a strategy to ensure that he does not run out of petrol , he may rely on a light which appears when the tank is nearly empty or he may calculate from his expected travelling that he need not concern himself about the issue until at least the next weekend , or he may programme himself to react to the fact that he is approaching a particular garage . |
| 8 | He had explained about Ari , vehemently disagreed with Zambia 's suggestion he should make himself known to the girl , and tortured himself out loud with conjectures about how Roirbak and Leila might , at this very moment , be destroying Ari 's abilities beneath their feet . |
| 9 | Thus , although W. R. T. Skinner of the Yorkshire Electric Power Company was tarred with the company 's extreme anti-union reputation ( and not wanted by Citrine or the new Yorkshire Board ) the chairman-designate of the South Eastern Area Board was able to persuade Gaitskell to make him his deputy chairman , a position in which Skinner served loyally and efficiently for more than a decade , before himself succeeding to the chairmanship of that Board . |
| 10 | ‘ In general , the creditor does not himself go to the surety , or represent , or explain to the surety , the risk to be run . |
| 11 | If you want to be kind , the character can find himself manacled to the wall in one of the empty cells . |
| 12 | Christ himself said to the woman caught in adultery — for which the punishment was death — " Go , and do not sin again . " |
| 13 | It is consequently vital , when assessing Nizan 's communist novels , to bear in mind the importance that Nizan himself attached to the transition date of 1934 . |
| 14 | Robinson established a close relationship with Monck and was himself returned to the Convention Parliament for London . |