Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not see why I should so deliver myself up to those who are so assiduously conducting the campaign of abuse and denigration directed at me . |
| 2 | About 50 paisley-shirted individuals suddenly found themselves up to their knees in wet mud . |
| 3 | Within days Charlie had lost all the profit he had made in the past year and suddenly found himself back to square one . |
| 4 | The life of the anchoress was hard but she did not necessarily give herself over to excessive penance . |
| 5 | ‘ Only a small one , ’ she accepted and , her dart of panic gone , felt a return of her reluctance to ask probing questions about his work , and more particularly about his employer , so gave herself over to enjoying this lunchtime interlude . |
| 6 | There was no sign of the son , an undersized , sly creature who had spent more time in prison than out of it ever since he had been old enough to get himself down to the city and into trouble . |
| 7 | Then Duncan Paterson , the selection convenor , came on to say that I had better get myself over to Murrayfield as soon as I could ! |
| 8 | The privately held company 's main concern for the time being is , it says , to get the toolkit on to as many platforms as it can , and is eagerly offering itself up to OEMs — Sun being the prime target of its attention , with three million ONC licencees under its belt . |
| 9 | While the others stood and gawped , she had already pushed herself over to the storage lockers and was busy tossing the flimsy emergency spacesuits over . |
| 10 | But her heart , her poor , long-neglected heart , had answered yes , before her head had even begun to calculate all the reasons she absolutely could not and should not give herself over to this madness . |
| 11 | Why not give herself over to the silliness of it , instead of feeling distress ? |
| 12 | The patriot had already locked itself on to an Iraqi scud aimed at a Saudi airbase . |
| 13 | That way I could feel justified in keeping something back , in not handing myself over to your power completely — because there was just too much feeling involved . |
| 14 | yeah , you know quite hopeful so what I as I say what I 'm really looking for is I 've got a preference for older properties but you know try not to pin myself down to too much at the moment , I 've got about a hundred and thirty to spend so ideally I 'd like a cottage old style but I do need three bedrooms |
| 15 | Outside in the corridor , his mind still easing itself in to the thought that he was now an agent , an M16 man , Carrington met Desmond Morton . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Leeds is well-equipped for sports , with 21 golf courses and 22 sports and leisure centres , but if all this action leaves you feeling in need of a rest , you can always take yourself off to the theatre . |
| 18 | He quickly brought himself back to earth before she gave him another dizzy spell . |
| 19 | Then , as he stirred , her body came alive and at last , matching the rhythm of his , she once more gave herself up to the unashamed pleasure of loving and being loved by him . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ Promises ! ’ she exclaimed on a loving laugh , and thereafter put herself out to be the epitome of all she thought he would most dislike in a woman , shyly calling him darling whenever she had the chance . |
| 22 | Lucy said ruefully , gratefully lowering herself on to a floral-cushioned , wicker-backed sofa in the conservatory and reluctantly submitting to Virginia 's fussing with a footstool , ‘ Is Mrs Chalk still there ? |
| 23 | My Lord that is in dispute , it is in dispute firstly that in fact as a matter of fact , Mr had ever held himself out to be an experienced man er of business , that Peter believed him to be as such , er and in any event , even if he was to seem as such it is the plaintiff 's case that there was still a duty upon the solicitor in that situation . |
| 24 | He later gave himself up to police . |
| 25 | Separate toilets for younger children , staggered playtimes or separate playgrounds for under-fives also mark schools that are really gearing themselves up to the educational needs of these younger pupils . |
| 26 | Now get yourself off to the latrines — at the double . ’ |
| 27 | But I totally disagree with what she said in that erm yesterday I sat glued to the television most of the day , really to keep myself up to date on what was going on , erm I also have a baby but I managed to keep him occupied as well as take him out for a walk and give him his lunch and what have you . |
| 28 | Instead of reassuring Stephen , now working himself up to a fever pitch of nervous excitement with the launch date in view , Michael 's superior manner had begun to grate . |
| 29 | Yeah , see this is the wiper this should well assure itself back to that one . |
| 30 | Caro nodded , consciously slowing herself down to Clare 's pace . |