Example sentences of "by [verb] himself [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these , we know , are inversions of the truth , yet by using himself as a reference point , Iago can convince people to the stage where they accept his view unquestioningly . |
| 2 | ‘ If man can not create anything or move anybody , if he can not break out of the prison of his total narcissism and isolation , he can escape the unbearable sense of vital impotence and nothingness only by affirming himself in the act of destruction of the life that he is unable to create . |
| 3 | There was also Captain Hawes , another ex-serviceman , who was finally executed for robberies on the moor ; Whitney , the butcher , who was feared for his savagery and barbarism ; Captain Stafford , a Londoner who found fame on the moor , and Thomas Simpson ( Old Mob ) who , although hideously ugly , managed to evade capture regularly by disguising himself as a woman . |
| 4 | Brin Weare fooled the enemy by disguising himself as a priest . |
| 5 | Brin Weare fooled the enemy by disguising himself as a priest . |
| 6 | How could he explain that only by emptying himself into a woman was there any relief ? |
| 7 | When God appeared to Abraham in the guise of three strangers in need of hospitality , Abraham greeted them by bowing himself to the ground once ( 18.2 ) . |
| 8 | And he employs a zig-zag training sprint which involves a series of passes before the player finishes off by flinging himself at a rugby tackle bag ! |
| 9 | He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness . |
| 10 | Until he knew deep in his belly that he would only ever excel and humble that damnable ‘ brother ’ of his by making himself into a devotee of Lexandro 's existence , akin to a cultist , a protector and preserver of d'Arquebus in his ostentatious recklessness . |
| 11 | Law conceived of the role of the leader in an exactly opposite sense from Balfour : he sought to foster unity by placing himself at the head of the discordant elements where Balfour had thrown the leadership on the side of restraint . |
| 12 | He might start by transferring himself from the wheelchair across onto a seat in the bath , and washing himself sitting up . |
| 13 | When he heard of the multiple deaths , he committed suicide by throwing himself under a lorry . |
| 14 | It was later announced that General Oufkir had committed suicide by shooting himself in the head — three times . |