| Those of us who live in the provinces wonder at the obsessive efforts of some Tory politicians to ingratiate themselves with that lobby. |
| Counsel will do anything to ingratiate themselves with the Court, Mr Jackson. |
| It seems the sure-fire way to ingratiate yourself with the people who buy singles is to sing a cover. |
| He readily paid bribes to some soldiers at checkpoints to further ingratiate himself to them, easing his journey to the base. |
| He was accused of organising the press conference without the say-so of others in an effort to further ingratiate himself with the media. |
| They publish and broadcast fluffy, weak, and uncritical stories in a transparent attempt to ingratiate themselves to communities. |
