Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] himself [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On such a cargo he could easily make himself twenty pounds a week , plus . |
| 2 | The defendant can already count himself lucky to have received only a two-year sentence , having regard to the amount involved and to the position of trust which he held . |
| 3 | He could hardly ease himself free from the great stinking weight . |
| 4 | Bono can hardly contain himself Neither can I. |
| 5 | He could hardly call himself lonely , could he ? |
| 6 | It was for him that now she was entertaining this arrow-straight , dark-eyed young scoundrel who would be likely to repay her by seducing her daughter , she thought , if she still had one , and who would probably forget everything he 'd ever heard about hunger in St Jude 's , or in County Kildare for that matter , should he ever find himself well-fed in Westminster . |
| 7 | Dr.Thomas Manton thought so highly of Baxter that he did not even consider himself worthy to carry his books behind him , and that ‘ Mr. Baxter came nearer the apostolic writings than any man in the age ’ . |
| 8 | He is a different sort of great sinner , or essay upon the great-sinner theme , which is why I stress the aspect of return to the Vicious and tragic antihero who ca n't even call himself lazy . |
| 9 | Gookey could certainly count himself unfortunate . |