Example sentences of "[adj] he [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when he had said this he placed himself at the feet of the Bishop , and there before all the people made a general confession of all his sins , and all the faults which he had committed against our Lord Jesus Christ . |
| 2 | Of the second category of bishops as regional leaders , the northern prelates afford obvious examples : in 1346 Archbishop Zouche and Bishop Kirkby of Carlisle participated in the defeat of the Scots at Neville 's Cross , while Bishop Hatfield of Durham rode into battle at Crécy ; ten years later he , too , campaigned against the Scots , and in 1372 he offered himself as a mercenary in the pope 's wars in Italy . |
| 3 | At 9.55 he presented himself at the door of the tall and impassive apartment-house a block back from Great Portland Street in the Marble Arch district . |
| 4 | Conflicts with his superiors deprived him of the prospect of promotion , and at the age of twenty-five he found himself on the retired list , reduced to half pay in 1812 . |
| 5 | For first he presents himself as a nice , serious , liberated person . |
| 6 | As the town hall clock struck twelve he found himself in an untidy cul-de-sac beneath the railway arches . |
| 7 | The effort began to sap his strength and his muscles quivered as at last he pulled himself over the icy edge . |