Example sentences of "[adj] of himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He kept up an unrelenting gentle moral pressure on his authors or collaborators , and as a commentator , like Tolkien he selflessly put much of himself into the work of others . |
| 2 | It has been said that he gave too much of himself in his idealistic way , and that the ‘ political football ’ aspects of the CBC in eastern Canada , where he was finally transferred , caused a breakdown in health and his early retirement . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm certain he 's far too sure of himself for that . |
| 4 | Shiona glowered across the table at him — so utterly poised , so hatefully sure of himself in his immaculate dark blue Savile Row suit . |
| 5 | ‘ Incredible how a man of such undoubted physical courage can be so unsure of himself in other ways . ’ |
| 6 | Friends of Fonda 's father said Peter should be ashamed of himself for linking a ‘ great name in movies ’ to such disgraceful junk . |
| 7 | If he is beginning to share the public anxiety about standards in our schools , he should be ashamed of himself for having resisted each and every reform that has been aimed at reversing the trend and improving them . |
| 8 | The Archbishop should be thoroughly ashamed of himself at the failure of the efforts of the Church to create a better society . |
| 9 | I HOPE the Attorney-General is ashamed of himself in allowing the sentence of rapist Dr Thomas Courtenay to stand . |
| 10 | He was rather proud of himself for being able to visualize and draw such a convoluted position . |
| 11 | Seemed proud of himself for having found out , because he said it 's supposed to be the planet 's big secret . |
| 12 | But he was almost canned again , this time because the director Larry Arrick thought Dustin was not giving enough of himself at rehearsals . |