Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] himself in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The President feels himself in a state of siege . |
| 2 | The reformulated law makes it plain that an offence is committed if the defendant conducts himself in a way that causes his victim to anticipate that the defendant is about to use unlawful violence . |
| 3 | Romantic love is the nearest most people reach to the peak experience , for the lover loses himself in the beloved and while he is in the state of love , he forgets all his problems and is happy for perhaps the first time in his life . |
| 4 | Side-reins should be of the same length and of a length which encourages the horse to hold himself in a balanced outline . |
| 5 | The boy found himself in a peculiar position . |
| 6 | In these circumstances , where a director alleges an agreement with a committee of the Board for payment of remuneration , the court will not , in law or equity , award a sum to him for services to the company , as in relying on such an alleged agreement the director involves himself in an irreconcilable conflict between his duties as a director and his personal interests . |
| 7 | Similar reasoning could be applied where the plaintiff puts himself in a position which is not dangerous in itself but he is aware of circumstances which make it more likely that he will suffer harm . |
| 8 | Despite the blow to Hewitt , McHale said the injury would give former Leeds United and Northern Ireland star Phil Hughes the chance to re-establish himself in the side after being axed last week . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm just sorry that he 's had this problem at a time when he would surely have had the chance to establish himself in the England side . |
| 10 | Mr John Patten , who has suffered frustration for so long before reaching the Cabinet , now has the chance to prove himself in a formidably difficult role . |
| 11 | There was not a word said of business until they came to table in Isambard 's great hall , where the envoy found himself in the place of honour at his host 's right hand . |
| 12 | The artist put himself in the picture ; he is the man with the black beard and cap . |
| 13 | One of the notable ways in which the Spirit expressed himself in the Christian community was through creating unity . |
| 14 | The man thumps himself in the chest with one finger . |
| 15 | The Doctor found himself in a room bordered by folding screens which opened out on to a wide area which was covered by a light wooden roof supported by thin , widely spaced poles . |
| 16 | Will the Minister put himself in the place of that 15-year-old girl , too frightened to ask anyone for help , alone , desperate and penniless ? |
| 17 | I seem to remember several cases in which the court considered to what extent the solicitor involves himself in the financial arrangements for a conveyancing transaction . |
| 18 | The probability is that the murderer washed himself in the kitchen . ’ |