Example sentences of "he [verb] [vb pp] himself [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parties have to accept the expert 's decision , unless he has asked himself the wrong question of law : Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC plc [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 . |
| 2 | ‘ He has given himself a hard race , ’ said Josh Gifford , but if he recovers quickly the seven-year-old will go for the H and T Walker Chase at Ascot next weekend . |
| 3 | He has driven himself a long way in a short time ( abandoning , for example , the naïve ) ; he will drive on , and we shall have to see how he uses this hardness , emphasis , energy and comprehensiveness , how much more power he has of development . ’ |
| 4 | He had made himself an internal picture of me and now only examined it against my external appearance ’ . |
| 5 | It is evident that the deputy head soon realised that he had set himself an enormous task , despite the fact that he decided to focus on the work of three ‘ target ’ pupils . |
| 6 | Thanks to whoever it was , Baldwin by the spring of 1924 was making surprisingly good progress toward the political objectives which he had set himself the previous autumn . |
| 7 | He had realised as soon as he had employed Michael that he had found himself a kindred spirit . |
| 8 | He had bought himself the latest issue of Wildlife and was immersed in an article about otters . |