Example sentences of "[vb base] himself in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This created a tendency for the administrator to facilitate the flow of benefits which the state frequently confers upon private enterprise to private businessmen for a return , and , indeed , involve himself in a variety of legal and illegal activities for which the post of senior government servant is advantageous . |
| 2 | ‘ And possibly kill himself in the process . ’ |
| 3 | But Pip , as a gentleman , does not move into a sparkling world of pleasure where he lives ‘ happily ever after ’ , instead he find himself in the corrupt , sordid London . |
| 4 | It allowed him to take words that already existed and yet express himself in a completely new way . |
| 5 | It allowed him to take words that already existed and yet express himself in a completely new way . |
| 6 | ‘ And have n't you heard the Scriptures saying that a man should tie a millstone round his neck and throw himself in the sea sooner than abuse a little child ? ’ |