Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The white-bearded campaigner prided himself on blunt , outspoken views . |
| 2 | The barman reinstalled himself behind the jump and enquired after my pleasure . |
| 3 | JIM COURIER redeemed himself for past Davis Cup failures by beating Switzerland 's Jakob Hlasek in Fort Worth , Texas last night to clinch the Cup for the United States for the 30th time since 1900 . |
| 4 | The mathematician propelled himself towards the prone figure some yards away . |
| 5 | No wonder , then , that the poet described himself as ‘ a wanderer ’ , supporting the literal sense of the next poem 's conclusion . |
| 6 | But come in out of the cold , ’ he said , seeing how the little priest hunched himself like a ruffled bird inside his gown . |
| 7 | But the priest allowed himself to be seated and to have a glass of wine poured for him . |
| 8 | Two died of coronaries … and while a policeman was giving a coronary victim resuscitation , a fan relieved himself on both . ’ |
| 9 | And the sparrow preened himself of yesterday 's promise |
| 10 | The horse hurt himself on the first jump and despite leading for much of the way round never really mastered the race . |
| 11 | Another former confidant , John Biffen , in effect removed himself from the government after coded criticism of the Prime Minister 's strident , dogmatic style . |
| 12 | He noted the rapid , undignified scramble by which the culprit extricated himself from the ropes on the river path , followed by ominous little trickles of loose earth ; and the exaggerated dignity with which he compensated as soon as he was clear , his slender back turned upon the voice that blasted him out of danger , his crest self-consciously reared in affected disregard of sounds which could not possibly be directed at him . |
| 13 | Thus the clown prince of English football crowned himself as the football emperor of the Eternal City . |
| 14 | An enormous boxer hurled himself on me in delight , clawing at my chest with the biggest , horniest feet I had seen for a long time . |
| 15 | Another stun grenade was thrown in and a third soldier hurled himself through the window after it , before it had exploded . |
| 16 | The former England striker injured himself in the Coca-Cola Cup replay with Everton on Tuesday and a specialist has advised complete rest . |
| 17 | Behind the desk a single clerk busied himself with paperwork . |
| 18 | In winter the chestnut-seller installed himself at the edge of the market . |
| 19 | When the large chromium headlamps of the Citron were only five feet from them , the first boy flung himself into the roadside ditch and let out a yell of triumph as he tumbled into the filthy water . |
| 20 | The boy found himself in a peculiar position . |
| 21 | The grounds of the appeal were that ( 1 ) the judge misdirected himself in holding that the preliminary issue should be answered in the affirmative and/or in giving judgment on the preliminary issue for the plaintiff and ( 2 ) the defendants were not liable in negligence to the plaintiff for any injury , loss or damage suffered by him while a foetus and en ventre sa mère since he was born prior to the passing of the Congenital Diabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 and the common law did not recognise such a cause of action . |
| 22 | El-ahrairah allowed himself to be persuaded and the soldiers took him to the king . |
| 23 | The should of slow labouring footsteps could be heard moving along the first-floor landing as the boy threw himself into the kitchen and slammed the door behind him . |
| 24 | The old man swayed gently on his haunches , then , as the boy threw himself to the left , moved effortlessly across , fending off the child with his palms , using the least force possible to achieve his end . |
| 25 | Isabel asked herself as fitzAlan swung himself into the saddle behind her . |
| 26 | It would perhaps make a poignant epitaph to Eliot 's creative career that he should return to the literary associations and memories of his youth in America — the " Victorian American " who even in his rebellion against that inheritance marked himself as its true heir . |
| 27 | The anti-bloodsports campaigner threw himself in the Amazon 's path , brandishing his clipboard . |
| 28 | With the publication of what was his most important work apart from the Idées , namely the Extinction du Paupérisme , the Prince showed himself to be aware of the grave socio-economic problems which afflicted the mass of the French people ; to whom he now offered a solution . |
| 29 | The victory ended a run of three successive defeats , and Shell showed himself to be a relatively undemonstrative head coach prepared to listen to the advice of his assistant coaches and players before calling the big plays . |
| 30 | he sez they went to several addresses but then the driver surrendered himself at the police station . |