Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] himself [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , if they 're not that , what are they ? ’ said the man , obviously finding himself unanswerable . |
| 2 | She looked at George , but he was just pouring himself another glass of port . |
| 3 | Franco had evidently crossed it out , thus making himself supreme chief ( Generalísimo ) of the Nationalist Armed Forces and " head of the Government of the Spanish state " . |
| 4 | After killing it , Siegfried bathed in its blood , thereby rendering himself invulnerable . |
| 5 | Prince never caters , never serv(ic)es ; he 's always pleasuring himself first and foremost , following his own wayward impulses . |
| 6 | Born in Huddersfield , Mike , 40 , spent the early part of his career wandering between journalism and PR , always promising himself one day he would sit down and write that book . |