Example sentences of "[v-ing] [vb pp] himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having extricated himself from the Archbishop 's service Mozart , this time accompanied by his mother , set off in search of an appointment elsewhere . |
| 2 | His final decision is in favour of whichever proves stronger , but the stronger for perhaps no more than the brief spell of fullest awareness in which he decides , afterwards to be panic-stricken at having committed himself to a choice which none the less he still knows in his heart was right . |
| 3 | Anselm had no doubt where justice lay : ‘ No man having put his hand to the plough [ that is to say , in this case , having committed himself to a monastic life ] and looking back , is fit for the kingdom of Heaven . ’ |
| 4 | After designing an architect 's dream , he will then have to try and make it functional , having committed himself to a particular shape and size . |
| 5 | Having committed himself by revealing defence secrets , such freedom of speech seemed a trivial matter . |
| 6 | Surrounded by his manager , personal conditioner and other members of the Lewis entourage , the champion , who readily admits to having modelled himself on Muhammad Ali confessed to ready participation in the media circus . |
| 7 | Having sold himself to the things he loves . |
| 8 | Fielding maintained that Lorne was all fucked out " , having gorged himself to the point of decrepitude during his first decade at the top , a common enough syndrome in the movie business . |
| 9 | Herbert heads for a nearby town where , having gorged himself in a garage , he finds his way to an open space and falls asleep . |
| 10 | One of his regrets is that in four series against West Indies his record is very ordinary — one innings in which he took eight wickets , but little else of note — and he is aware that not having proved himself against the best team in the world will be held against him when reputations come to be assessed . |
| 11 | Joyfully and thankfully reconciled with me , and having proved himself in a very arduous campaign , he might well have rested on his laurels in comfort and safety , waiting for the war to end or to be drafted to some new theatre of operations . |
| 12 | The last time he called on us after his exhibition at Keighley he seemed a new man , with a delight in having found himself in his painting and amazement that it also gave pleasure to so many others . |
| 13 | Accordingly , the Buyer agrees to take the goods in their current state , after having satisfied himself by inspection , as to their quality and fitness for the purpose for which the Buyer requires them . |
| 14 | In one of the novels of Albert Camus an unfortunate man is walking at night on the banks of the Seine when a suicide , having cast himself upon the waters , cries for help . |
| 15 | Having tutored himself at home , Paul received an A grade for A-level computer studies when he was 16 . |
| 16 | Having delivered himself of this , his longest speech , Fosdyke sat apparently shrouded in gloom . |
| 17 | Having worked himself into a highly nervous state , he clenched his fists against his sides , saying in a grating voice , ‘ My own father lacked the courage when it came right down to it … |
| 18 | Having assured himself of his party 's nomination , Clinton appeared to increase his efforts to seek support beyond the usual constituency of his party . |
| 19 | Having willed himself to be a snake he is then made one by God , demonstrating his impotence in comparison to the Deity . |
| 20 | Having established himself at Ince , Killigrew set off for the busy mercantile town of Plymouth , where he soon fell in with a merchant , Tremayne , who had a daughter , Mary . |