Example sentences of "[v-ing] himself with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was so incongruous to hear the Maggot aligning himself with the forces of law that I was forced to ask the question . |
| 3 | The lay brother was quiet , contenting himself with the dry comment that he had done enough penance to wipe a thousand years of purgatory from the debt his soul owed God . |
| 4 | Shah Jehan , not contenting himself with the women he had in his palaces , forfeited the respect of his nobles by intrigues with their wives … |
| 5 | But Harry hurried on , consoling himself with the thought that he still retained one secret advantage over those who thought they had the better of him . |
| 6 | Here , for example , is an extract from a memorandum to a US delegate to the Paris Peace Conference by Lawrence of Arabia , who had led the Arabs to victory while torturing himself with the secret knowledge of his part in their betrayal : ‘ On 1 October ( 1918 ) , the people of Beyrout , in emulation of the Damascenes , turned on their Turkish garrison of 700 men , and took them prisoner … |
| 7 | BERNHARD LANGER , the co-organiser of the German Masters , had the enviable task of presenting himself with the £55,000 winner 's cheque here yesterday . |
| 8 | Morceli says he is ‘ 80 per cent ’ confident of providing himself with the perfect 23rd birthday present by eclipsing Eamonn Coghlan 's ten-year-old mile mark of 3min 49.78sec but Norman believes other records will also tumble , with Colin Jackson in the 60m hurdles and Murray providing the British challenge . |
| 9 | Confounded by this reply , Oscar looked across at the other man to see that he was n't looking at the stars at all , but was still busying himself with the body . |
| 10 | Mosley , with his combative language and stormy oratory , proved later to be no sluggard at defending himself with the good old British fist . |
| 11 | The Observer commented that Ramsey destroyed his chances of succeeding Fisher as archbishop by so openly identifying himself with the extreme high church party . |
| 12 | As far as personnel are concerned , every attempt will be made to refer to them according to skills , professions or areas of activity ( e.g. audio-visual technicians , media producers , design consultants ) , and normally the expression " educational technologist " will imply someone consciously identifying himself with the theory and methodology of the movement . |
| 13 | In terms of identifying himself with the peoples suffering it was a disaster . |
| 14 | But whereas the long version refers only to the words in Lamentations 1:12 ( O all ye that pass by the way , attend , and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow ) , the short version incorporates all the references to focus more sharply on the organic relationship between man and Christ whose natural growth is blasted by sin : And only in the short version does the meditator acknowledge this by identifying himself with the penitent thief pleading for pardon to be extended to him , and confessing his failure to acknowledge Christ as the true source of his integrity : In both versions the meditator admits that the very ability to recognise the life-giving power in Christ is a sign that he in fact has the love of God even if he does not feel it : And in both , as the meditator sees his betrayal and sense of deprivation borne by Christ in His words : " My god , my dere god , why hastow al forsakyn me … ( 89. cf.102 ) he imagines himself lying down among the bones of dead men on mount Calvary , taking the foot of the Cross in his arms , the stench of death in his nostrils . |
| 15 | Since most of the beginner 's forensic work will be in county courts and magistrates ' courts , he should make a special point of familiarising himself with the procedure and powers of these courts . |
| 16 | He did not hold out much hope that Merymose would persuade Kenamun to engage him , but there was no harm in familiarising himself with the terrain in advance if he could . |
| 17 | So Piotr looks fabulous , garrotting himself with the mic lead , slamming his guitar into the floor and manically shaking his Damon Grant hairdo while running through the directory of rock poses from A to Z and all points in between . |
| 18 | Brundle is , however , merely warming up the brakes and tyres and re-acquainting himself with the lines of his old home track . |
| 19 | Desmond Haynes ' first taste of Test captaincy was not a very happy experience , going for a duck in the first innings , dropping a catch and demeaning himself with the sledging as the match slipped away . |