Example sentences of "was [verb] [verb] himself [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 2 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 3 | Doyle was beginning to fancy himself as a small-time connoisseur of Modern Alternative Art . |
| 4 | They alighted on Saddam Hussein of Iraq , who in the late 1970s was beginning to portray himself as a man of moderation who might be able to make himself useful to the West , not least by acting as a counter to now-revolutionary Iran . |
| 5 | In 1415 , Hus was summoned to defend himself at the Council of Constance , having been assured of a safe conduct by the emperor Sigismund . |
| 6 | Thereafter he became a missionary of heathen Africa , wrote a seminal alchemical text called the Clavicula , and was reputed to turn himself into a red cock when occasion demanded . |
| 7 | At the final moment he was forced to cast himself into the Realm of Chaos to avoid final and utter death . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course Eustace was trying to establish himself as a solicitor at that time . |
| 9 | He huddled up as if he was trying to roll himself into a ball . |
| 10 | It was late on Friday evening — Friday , May 9 , 1941 — and he was ordered to present himself at the office at ten past seven in the morning . |
| 11 | Significantly , however , this ritual was not allowed to take place within the sacred precincts : the animal was burned whole ‘ outside the camp ’ , its blood was not offered at the altar but burned along with the carcass , and the officiating priest was required to cleanse himself after the sacrifice . |