Example sentences of "[vb base] herself to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a child the continuous moves had taught Eva to leave behind the place they had been and give herself to the new . |
| 2 | One woman derelict told her that after living with three husbands for twenty-five years she had decided to give them up and devote herself to the task of viewing the Cathedrals and Abbeys of the British Isles . |
| 3 | Janice plans to stay at home and devote herself to looking after me and Kirsty . ’ |
| 4 | In the case of Letitia , who had married an Irish baronet , Sir Thomas Wyse , her refusal to accept the Emperor 's decision that she confine herself to being Lady Wyse , dropping all imperial pretensions by calling herself Bonaparte Wyse , led to her being expelled from France . |
| 5 | It was here that Sybil decided to give up acting altogether and dedicate herself to Richard 's career and the eagerly expected family . |
| 6 | Perhaps a little fantasy was just what she needed , she decided , mentally preparing to suspend disbelief and abandon herself to whatever awaited her . |
| 7 | He watched her place handbag and gloves on his desk , help herself to a cigarette . |
| 8 | Clara had actually heard one constant church attender , caught out donating a small charitable sum to the Vicar , defend herself to Mrs Maugham by saying that she had n't really meant to give it , and that she never would have given it if it had n't been that her little boy had just given up Sunday school . |