Example sentences of "[vb past] himself [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is New York 's schools chancellor , head of the public schools system , and he found himself last week on public trial . |
| 2 | Benjamin , who had been walking for a month , found himself less welcome in his mother 's room and followed Ruth around the house like a pet lamb . |
| 3 | Lewis asked himself this question as he went down in the lift and crossed the arrivals hall of Terminal Two to await the exodus from Customs . |
| 4 | However , he fully redeemed himself next time out at Newbury when he gave 2st to Springholm and beat him with a bit in hand . |
| 5 | He crept back into the kitchen and made himself another cup of tea . |
| 6 | And , while they were arguing , Conradin made himself another piece of toast . |
| 7 | He made himself some Ovaltine in the kitchen around ten-thirty p.m . |
| 8 | Back at the house Philip made himself some tea and ate some cereal . |
| 9 | Maxie made himself some coffee and took it out to the patio , where he surveyed the work to be done . |
| 10 | In the end he got up and made himself some coffee , then watched the early morning skies above Manhattan as he recalled the past . |
| 11 | He even sold himself short saying : ‘ I should have scored three . |
| 12 | He smiled craftily at Blunt and got himself another drink . |
| 13 | The Peterborough winger got a final touch to the ball after Kings defender David Kempton flung himself full length into the goalmouth mud in a valiant but unsuccessful bid to clear a low 68th-minute cross from Gary Cooper . |
| 14 | In Portugal , in May 1828 , a rival claimant to the throne , Dom Miguel , proclaimed himself absolute monarch , and the following month Portuguese ships appeared off Madeira , bringing the new Miguelist governor , José Maria Monteiro . |
| 15 | Having got this far , he allowed himself another minute or so before confronting the thousand-day journey which separated him from the bathroom . |
| 16 | He poured himself some water from a chilled carafe . |
| 17 | He glanced up at her almost respectfully as he poured himself some tea . |
| 18 | ‘ Not I , ’ said the old gentleman and poured himself some tea . |
| 19 | He poured himself some wine and then , as if it were an afterthought , some for her . |
| 20 | He poured himself some wine and went over to the fire to drink it . |
| 21 | He poured himself some coffee . |
| 22 | He got to his feet , took his empty plate across to the sink and poured himself some coffee . |
| 23 | John poured himself another drink without taking his eyes off Maggie . |
| 24 | Plummer poured himself another drink , pulled his monogrammed housecoat more tightly around him and paced the sitting room slowly , glancing around at the expensive furnishings and ornaments which filled the flat . |
| 25 | Then he poured himself another drink . |
| 26 | Fribble poured himself another measure of wine . |
| 27 | Hitch poured himself another glass of Chablis , raised his eyebrows at Carol expectantly and moved the bottle towards her , but she shook her head , covering her glass with one hand . |
| 28 | He poured himself another glass of wine from the second , half-empty bottle . |
| 29 | With a liberal hand , he poured himself another glass . |
| 30 | He stood up , wandered over to the cocktail bar in the comer and poured himself another cognac . |