Example sentences of "he [verb] himself [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | He lowered himself on to the toilet seat and jumped down on to the floor . |
2 | Shaking his big head slowly he lowered himself on to the chaise-longue and sat back carefully . |
3 | He lowered himself on to the sofa and unzipped the top of his leather suit . |
4 | He lowered himself down to the bed and her hands frantically flew to his bare chest . |
5 | He got himself up in the morning and dressed in the clothes Emmie had put out for him the night before . |
6 | Then he flung himself down on the settee . |
7 | In the summer of 1675 , in the course of Louis XIV 's Dutch War , he found himself up against the great imperial general Montecucculi , who in the previous year had outmanoeuvred Turenne to capture Bonn . |
8 | After some time he found himself down at the Green , where Emily had not come with him ; and remembered Emily , and decided that he must ask her to become engaged to him before he went , to wait for him ; would she agree ? |
9 | A moment later he found himself back in the top of the tree . |
10 | Convinced that there were practical solutions to the social evils of his day , he devoted himself particularly to the temperance movement . |
11 | He was speaking as he jerked himself out on the sandy foreshore . |
12 | He cut the power by the meter and collected his roll and the half-completed form from the kitchen table before he let himself out through the back door . |
13 | He let himself out of the front door and when he was beyond the shelter of the porch he felt the sting of rain on his cheeks . |
14 | Then , looking at the man as if he was so much dirt , he let himself out of the front door . |
15 | When he was satisfied that everything was straight , he let himself out of the back door . |
16 | He listened before he let himself out of the cellar , but there still seemed to be nobody around ; Reynolds felt gritty and smeared , at an unhappy disadvantage if he should have to lie his way out of an embarrassing situation . |
17 | There was no night-porter , but he had a key and he let himself in to the deserted lobby . |
18 | He is such a lucid writer — and although he defends himself ably against the charge of superficiality ( which has been levelled since I was a student ) the breadth of his scholarship is so immense that the defence seems unnecessary . |
19 | These points taken together suggest that the burnt-offering symbolized the worshipper 's homage and total dedication to God , in laying his hand on the animal he identified himself completely with the sacrifice . |
20 | He plopped himself down on the nearest chair . |
21 | Then he hauled himself up over the Zodiac 's port tube and rolled on to the floor slats . |
22 | Finally he hauled himself out on the allied side . |
23 | He threw himself vigorously into the work in hand , and presented the aspect of one who did not know when to stop . |
24 | Oh Jane , my hope … my love … my life ! ’ and he threw himself despairingly on the sofa . |
25 | No , he was n't , because his head came up and he threw himself back on the ground behind him and he was rolling around in a heap of laughter . |
26 | He threw himself down on the bed with his head on my stomach , groaning , and between the groans saying that he would be a good husband in future , he honestly would , he adored me , he was very ashamed and only hoped I could forgive him . |
27 | Suddenly he threw himself down on the ground and rolled over and over in the dust . |
28 | He threw himself down on the huge old bed and stared at the sloping timber ceiling . |
29 | He threw himself down in the chair , like a man beset by demons . |
30 | He slotted himself in behind the steering-wheel , and started the car first time . |