Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Franco had nominally held this post himself since October 1940 , but , for all practical purposes , the Ministry had been run by José Lorente Sanz , one of Serrano 's trusted protégés . |
| 2 | In the opinion of a senior civil servant of the day , Butler ‘ had a genuine desire for prison reform without any very clear concept himself of what he wanted to achieve ’ . |
| 3 | Like Rourke , De Niro ran into a few problems himself with unsympathetic locals . |
| 4 | ‘ So Ruthven locks himself in his chamber , he visits no one and no one visits him , but the next morning he is found poisoned and a white rose discovered lying on the bed . ’ |
| 5 | Joe Meek shot himself in 1967 because he was depressed about the failure of his latest recordings and his troubled private life . |
| 6 | One can not be surprised when , quite apart from reservations in the social worker himself about handling sexual matters , the worker has a strong sense that , if he even tries , his particular behind may mark the end of a long chain of kicks ! |
| 7 | The third earl designed this house himself with a view to it being lived in by his eldest son and subsequent heirs . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , it was , ’ Athelstan replied , though he remembered he had not asked that question himself at the time . |
| 9 | Carter had been no mean personal campaigner himself in the past , but by 1980 his situation had changed fundamentally . |
| 10 | But that was as far as you could go and often he became in a rather dubious position himself through doing that sort of thing . |
| 11 | Dauntless felt a little chagrined she was n't more impressed and grateful , but then he supposed he looked little other than a lunatic scrap himself at that moment . |
| 12 | Because of this , Jesus Christ as God incarnate identifies himself with sinners , takes their part , vicariously confesses and bears the burden of their sins and the judgement which they bring about . |
| 13 | The man they follow was a fine storyteller himself by all accounts — and there is no question they have some very good basic material . ’ |
| 14 | By the afternoon of the 7th , to the accompaniment of barrages enveloping the whole sector that seemed to reach a crescendo of fury , the Germans captured the whole of the Bois des Corbeaux ; including the wounded Colonel of the 211th , saved no doubt from savage disgrace himself by a spirited last-ditch defence . |
| 15 | No action was taken against the newspaper , however , and one journalist , who had taken legal advice himself over the story , steadfastly maintained that he had quoted Nick Clayton 's comments completely accurately . |
| 16 | By the fifth week , La Croix was linking names of bishops with the general gist of what they had said in the debates : its editor had the good fortune himself to be a peritus . |
| 17 | During Andrew and Fergie 's wedding preparations in June , Charles causes raised eyebrows himself by appearing completely uncaring when Diana faints at the opening of the Expo exhibition in Vancouver . |
| 18 | But gradually he formed a new life for himself — his one burning ambition to help children who were hurt or in need , having experienced such horrifying treatment himself on the island . |
| 19 | He tried in vain to misdirect Christ himself in the wilderness ( Matthew 4 ) . |
| 20 | Dressed with extreme casualness himself in trainers and jeans , he ignored her outfit and she was left feeling uncomfortably in the wrong , almost as if he was doing her a favour by not commenting on her appearance . |
| 21 | The head of the House of Niccolò , who had considerable reservations himself about Father Ludovico da Bologna , was content enough to remain unmolested through the Mass , and the procession back to the Palace , and even the banquet itself , although that presented different pitfalls . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's too busy preening himself on acquiring the prettiest serving-maid for miles around . |
| 23 | Ten years later , of course , he did come out after a rather agonizing process and he is now a gay activist himself in South London and the Labour Party . |
| 24 | A child grows up in a community in which people moan and cry when they are in pain ( as he does himself ) ; in which they also use expressions like ‘ I 'm in pain' and ‘ I 've got toothache ’ ; in which others react sympathetically to their linguistic , as to their non-linguistic , expressions of pain ; and so he comes to use the linguistic expression himself in the place of the natural expression . |
| 25 | Miller found himself playing the role of her doctor , manager , analyst and trouble-shooter with an increasingly frustrated , impatient and high-handed Olivier , who was having marital problems himself with the mentally troubled Vivien Leigh , who had just announced a miscarriage at the age of forty-one . |
| 26 | The former shot himself in 1800 after the disastrous breakdown of his marriage to Elizabeth Vassall , the daughter of a Jamaican planter whose wealth had done so much to preserve Webster ambitions . |
| 27 | He had used the same reply himself on occasion . |
| 28 | The Italian was in the process of being shown the red card himself for a crunching tackle on Walsh when the Pompey striker hit back angrily . |
| 29 | At first , Lucien had watched them in awed fascination , hardly daring to practise any movements himself for fear of ridicule . |
| 30 | The five-year-old we sought to protect may become the lonely 18-year-old hanging himself in prison . |