Example sentences of "he [verb] himself [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made himself agreeable to the earl 's squires in the stableyard , and kept his ears open for any revealing mentions of Robert Bossu 's tastes , temperament and interests , and what he garnered was encouraging . |
| 2 | He made himself ill with the worry . |
| 3 | he found himself deep in the shit ! |
| 4 | His pictures vary in style : in his later days he showed himself capable of the common sort of conventionally flattering portrait , but , particularly from his earlier years in London , there exists a body of work demonstrating his great talent for lively detail and natural rather than conventional compositions . |
| 5 | He stated himself pleased with the general appearance and appointments of the unit . |
| 6 | He shook himself free of the hood and pulled the shawl off his head , his face burning in humiliation . |
| 7 | David Nobbs i in London for the preview and he professes himself pleased with the TV version . |
| 8 | Though the ascendancy he achieved over Nehru sometimes led Mountbatten to overestimate the extent to which great events lay in the hollow of his hand , he kept himself accountable to the British government throughout . |
| 9 | His breathing quickened with raw urgency , but he held himself rigid above the provocation of her softly rounded femininity . |