Example sentences of "[noun] he [vb -s] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having rebelled against his childhood religion he describes himself as a ‘ prolapsed ’ Catholic . |
| 2 | All day he sees himself in the glass darkly |
| 3 | Using his wings he begins to glide downwards , and by dropping one wing tip and then the other he guides himself towards the enemy army and his chosen target . |
| 4 | Every gesture , each movement has something planned , even the way he arranges himself in a chair , his hands behind his head , catching glimpses of himself in the polished surfaces , squinting at his reflection , all with an inquisitive vanity . |
| 5 | I think one is largely on judging people in the hands of the media , looking at it from an ordinary party member I think it 's the air he gives , whether it 's an air of confidence competence and perhaps and air of confidence , the way he handles himself in the House of Commons , the things that he actually says , because within that time you 're not able , in fact , to have achieved much erm parliamentary wise , one very much has to judge a person by what he has . |
| 6 | He appears progressive in advocating an income tax as the basis or an arrangement by which people might give according to their means and take according to their need , and sees this in terms of the possibilities of socialism , but at the same time he lends himself to a strong laissez-faire interpretation highly restrictive of the involvement of the state ( 1978 : 315–18 ) . |