Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He kept himself very much to himself , studying the ancient books he kept in the box beside his bed , doing his exercises , or playing himself at wei chi — long games that could take a day , sometimes even a week to complete . |
| 2 | The carer has to be involved in this process , so that every time the patient washes his face , hands or body , you help and remind him to do so correctly , without increasing his spasticity or putting himself into danger through careless movements . |
| 3 | In my judgment , as a matter of principle the colore officii cases are merely examples of a wider principle , viz. that where the parties are on an unequal footing so that money is paid by way of tax or other impost in pursuance of a demand by some public officer , these moneys are recoverable since the citizen is , in practice , unable to resist the payment save at the risk of breaking the law or exposing himself to penalties or other disadvantages . |
| 4 | It was established that individual pathetic character once and forever by tying one end of his pocket handkerchief to a hook on , in the wall and attaching himself to the other to the performance , to , to the performance of this feat however the pocket handkerchief inside had been all he , he only cried bitterly all day and when the longest nights came on he spread his little hand before his eyes to shut out the darkness and crouching in the corner tried to sleep , everyone drawing himself closer and closer to the wall |
| 5 | It might be very unwise to accost him , to ask him just what he thought he was doing — trespassing and helping himself to food . |
| 6 | ‘ How did you get on today — have you found a nanny to help you with the children ? ’ he added , throwing her into confusion by casually giving her a peck on the cheek before leaning across the table and helping himself to a slice of chocolate cake . |
| 7 | LUKE SAT ON AN expo love-seat in Club World at Heathrow , drinking Volvic and availing himself of a complimentary fax machine — clearing up the initial paperwork with Mike on the poem . |
| 8 | He flung the bedcovers off and stood up , shaking and staring wildly into the darkness , trying to identify the threat , knowing it had to be the Corsican and bracing himself for the shotgun blast that would cut him in half , disembowel him , blow his head off , send it bouncing across the floor of the bedroom . |
| 9 | Thus completed , he signed the form ‘ accepting and submitting himself to the statutes , rules , regulations and ordinances of McGill University and of the Faculty or Faculties in which I am registered , and to any amendments thereto which may be made while I am a student of the university and I promise to observe the same . ’ |
| 10 | Meanwhile , he was making friends of working men and trade unionists , and devoting himself to educational work . |
| 11 | He admitted burglary , handling stolen goods and allowing himself to be carried in a stolen car and was jailed for 21 months yesterday by Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court . |
| 12 | He was jailed for 21 months at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court yesterday after admitting burglary , handling stolen goods and allowing himself to be carried in a stolen car . |
| 13 | Richardson was extraordinarly charismatic , dressed in very tight trousers and thigh-length boots — which may have had something to do with my infatuation — and he characterised Richard as a man of great vanity , constantly picking up a mirror and checking himself in it . |
| 14 | Turning from the window , she gazed on the face of her husband , a kind face and not unattractive , with its straight features and good skin , and the unruly mop of hair that tumbled over his forehead ; he stirred in her arms , whimpering like a child , and pressing himself against her . |
| 15 | Only towards Pen had she let her guard slip and that was because he himself claimed her as his own , rushing into his mother 's bedroom and hurling himself into Wilson 's arms . |
| 16 | The boy rolled over and came on to one knee in a single lunge , and hurling himself at the man , caught him round the thighs with both arms , and swept him with him through the opening . |
| 17 | With no patron , and numbering himself among men of ‘ retired lives , and small-grown fortunes ’ , his progress in the church was painfully slow , and he probably remained at Duxford until 1647 . |
| 18 | Instead of completely introjecting the mother and emasculating himself in his unconscious desire to be revenged on her , the believer can make do with an identification with a mythical son who has done just this ( the crucified Christ ) . |
| 19 | There he made a clean sweep with the past by changing his surname from Kaye to Kasmin and launching himself on a career as a poet . |
| 20 | This desire to accommodate the life of the spirit in everyday activities is finely illustrated by the Latin instructions in a fifteenth-century manuscript as to how a devout layman should regulate his daily life , from his rising with all swiftness and signing himself with the cross , to his final return to bed when he must go to sleep in the uncertainty , salutary from a penitential , if not somnific , point of view , as to whether he will survive until the morrow . |
| 21 | After these , Dr Rogers took the assembled company completely by surprise by peeling off his false beard and revealing himself as Alan Abel , hoaxer extraordinary . |
| 22 | As a teenager he signed for Rangers , winning a League Cup Winner 's medal at 17 , and establishing himself as a prominent newcomer in the Scotland Youth Team . |
| 23 | Eventually Don grappled with the critical section , and with a quick windmill of arms and legs was up and establishing himself on the next stance . |
| 24 | He was subjected to threats and abuse and believing himself in danger of attack , drew a pistol in order to keep his opponents at a distance . |
| 25 | I recoil at the strength of his putrid breath and yank myself away , but he grabs my waist and throws me upon the bed , pinning my hands down and forcing himself on top of me . |
| 26 | Foster screamed in panic as he felt the cruel steel slice his flesh , and he threw himself bodily away from his attacker , hitting the ground in a rolling break-fall and spraying himself with his own urine as he did so . |
| 27 | Still twenty-four , and presenting himself to Louise Colet as a fellow of infinite whim , he claims that he has thought long and very seriously about the idea of becoming a bandit in Smyrna . |
| 28 | He played trains with the older ones , sitting them inside upturned chairs and positioning himself in front , using a broom handle for the wheels ' connecting rod . |
| 29 | ‘ You bring out the worst in me , woman , ’ he said , leaning over her and supporting himself on his hands , one on either side of her head , trapping her . |
| 30 | The horses were being led and one of the men was limping badly and supporting himself by holding on to a stirrup . |