Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] in [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Sir Robert Dalyell of the Binns clearly saw himself in that light when , in 1760 , he approached Lord Milton to inform him of his wish to be of use to Milton 's politics in West Lothiah . |
2 | Without a shadow of doubt Steven Morrissey always saw himself in that light . |
3 | Yet I recall an episode many years ago in which a man deliberately put himself in this predicament . |
4 | While the male of one of these species constructs the nest alone ( as in other weavers ) , in others the female also involves herself in this activity and in two cases receives the active assistance of additional apparently adult birds . |
5 | As well as giving reasons against Caesar becoming emperor , being no better , perhaps worse , than other men , Cassius also glorifies himself in this speech . |
6 | Had Alfred Glynn murdered his brother then killed himself in this frightful manner by way of expiation ? |