Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor would Nevton any better understand that on a deeper level he had tried to force Hope into himself or force himself in Hope and , despite initial success , discovered a fierce resistance . |
| 2 | That , however , did not prevent Clarke 's immediate predecessor from turning down CSM 's proposals for systematic post-marketing surveillance of new drugs , on grounds of ‘ the paramount need to restrain public expenditure ’ , nor Clarke himself from rejecting CSM 's recommendation to license the injectable contraceptive Depo Provera . |
| 3 | Mortimer 's estates were taken into the king 's hands , but , in contrast to his father in 1322 and Mortimer himself in 1327 , Edward did not immediately use the confiscated lands to underpin the power of another group of favourites . |
| 4 | Yes , this , this kind of thing happens to people who 've been in traumatic situations , like erm er prisoner of war camps , severe accidents and stuff like that , and Freud himself of course saw quite a lot of these cases after the First World War . |
| 5 | ‘ He used to go into the bathroom and lock himself in there for hours . |
| 6 | Praetextatus of Rouen was tried at Paris in 577 , and Gregory himself at a gathering of bishops at the royal palace of Berny-Rivière in 580 : both these last trials were held under the aegis of Chilperic I. A year later the flight of Mummolus was discussed at Lyons . |
| 7 | There may be many reasons why the husband and wife do not make any formal agreement about separation , but this should not entitle a husband to return and force himself upon his wife weeks , months , or even years since he last saw her . |
| 8 | They watched him stroll down and seat himself under Carlos 's striped umbrella . |
| 9 | As long ago as the second century A.D. , the Roman historian Lucius Coelius recorded that , when he was free from his studies and more weighty affairs , he was not ashamed to play and sport himself with his cat . |
| 10 | 2 or 3 days at home in Oxfordshire is a luxury , even when he does get the chance to relax , he watches re-runs and readies himself for the next race . |
| 11 | Goody and Watt , and Goody himself in later developments of these ideas , lay great store on the example of classical Greece . |
| 12 | The four-piece ensemble ( Keith Peberdy on bass ; Alan Dodgson on guitar ; Stuart Ellerton on drums and Bone himself on saxes ) just turn-up and play no rehearsal beforehand which means their jazz is totally spontaneous . |
| 13 | The fundamentally cautious Mehemet Ali decided to withdraw from Asia Minor and content himself with Syria , but Nicholas realized that , to prevent a recurrence of the crisis , he had to find a way of institutionalizing his short-term assistance to the Ottomans . |
| 14 | Cregar might lounge in silk pajamas and stuff himself with Parisian chocolates , but he was still a supporting heavy , a cringing underling who 'd never last at the top of the criminal tree . |
| 15 | He could deal with anger and steel himself against pity : but justified reproach slid through his armour like a poisoned dart . |
| 16 | However , subsequent thinkers have often seen his claim as in effect about the meaning of the word ‘ good ’ and Moore himself at times expresses himself thus . |
| 17 | The show , described as a ‘ human demolition spectacular ’ by circus leader Jim Rose , features The Amazing Mr Lifto ( pictured ) , Slug The Sword Swallower , Mat The Pharmacist ( who practises non-incision hospital operating procedures on himself ) and The Torture King , whose act includes sticking 40 meat skewers through his face , neck and torso , attacking a lightbulb to each skewer end , and wiring himself to an electrical generator to illuminate the bulbs . |
| 18 | When he was n't walking the streets , he 'd lie on his bed and torment himself with thoughts of her being somewhere close . |
| 19 | The German propaganda machine — and Hitler himself in his speeches — continued , of course , to hammer home the theme that , in contrast to the First World War , Front and Heimat were indivisibly united , and the bonds between leadership and people unbreakable . |
| 20 | In 1989 he was tipped to succeed Mr King when Mr Brooke was appointed , and despite his disappointment then has continued to covet the job and interest himself in Irish affairs . |
| 21 | Darwin brought not only animals but man himself into the evolutionary scheme . |