Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [verb] himself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally in the pursuit of profit he has to sacrifice himself to the ordeal of a business lunch with a customer , supplier or business contact . |
| 2 | He has shot himself in the arm . |
| 3 | The review seemed to think that the swinging Sixties contained a readership , among others , that would be shocked by the novel 's candour and scabrousness about sex — ‘ no doubt he has touched himself on the raw . |
| 4 | ( By stepping back as he blocks , he doubly protects himself : even if the block fails , he has distanced himself from the oncoming punch . ) |
| 5 | He has armed himself with the munitions of modernity , not only with ‘ conventional arms ’ , but also with an arsenal of nuclear , biological and chemical weapons . |
| 6 | ‘ He has got himself into the most God almighty muddle , ’ he said , adding almost hopelessly , ‘ he is not a worldly person . |
| 7 | In a way he has moulded himself on the likeness of Ben Hogan . |
| 8 | Since 1987 , when he had a difficult first few months while the recently arrived Jonathan Davies was recovering from injury , he has established himself as the freshest , most innovative Welsh analyst of modern rugby . |
| 9 | Atkinson stepped in to sign the 21-year-old 12 months ago and he has established himself in the Villa side ahead of Nigel Spink . |
| 10 | He has put himself beyond the pale — I have forbidden you to speak of him . ’ |
| 11 | Now he wants to test himself at the top : ‘ I 'm as ambitious as the next man . |
| 12 | 12 May : The Mail prints a letter from its owner , Lord Rothermere , saying that he wishes to distance himself from the newspaper 's criticism of the Archbishop of Canterbury the previous day . |
| 13 | He 's he 's shot himself in the foot in one sense , because he does n't know what we 've said already , so he may come and say exactly the same thing that we 've been saying , in which case we will cheer and you will boo . |