Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] himself [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within days Charlie had lost all the profit he had made in the past year and suddenly found himself back to square one . |
| 2 | He gradually built himself up to a third championship in 1984 , when he emerged champion by just half a point from his McLaren team-mate Alain Prost in one of the sport 's closest battles . |
| 3 | He quickly brought himself back to earth before she gave him another dizzy spell . |
| 4 | AN America banker , accused of embezzling $13m and sparking a financial crisis in the state of Rhode Island , yesterday gave himself up to the authorities . |
| 5 | He later gave himself up to police . |
| 6 | He bent double , hugging his thin chest inside his cloak , then drew himself up to his full height . |
| 7 | He used the footholds at first until shelf twenty-seven then pulled himself up to sixty-nine with the rope . |
| 8 | Here Cornelius fed the motor car with the best petrol that money could buy and then took himself up to the restaurant to join Tuppe . |
| 9 | ‘ Milk , no sugar , ’ Graham said to Sabrina then eased himself on to the couch beside Kolchinsky . |
| 10 | Paula was just 16 , when her boyfriend , whose name was not given , went to his probation officer then gave himself up to the police . |