Example sentences of "[v-ing] to himself [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , in what seemed a particularly unconventional technique at the time , Michel Butor , in La Modification ( 1957 ) , employs a second-person narrative as a means , apparently , of voicing the monologue which Léon Delmont is conducting with himself as he travels from Paris to Rome to join his mistress , explaining to himself the history of his affair and anticipating how it will resolve itself . |
| 2 | He went bounding up the stairs , three or four at a time , praying to himself the room had n't been taken over by some amorous couple while he 'd been away , cursing himself for doubting her . |
| 3 | ‘ He was highly strung , easily depressed , ’ he said , ‘ but used to go round the theatre chanting to himself the words — which I believe he learned from Frank Finlay , who played his father in the play — ’ I must be resilient , resilient ! ’ |
| 4 | In Ellis v. John Stenning & Son A sold land to B , reserving to himself the right to cut and sell the uncut timber on the land . |
| 5 | A director was precluded from diverting to himself a maturing business opportunity which his company was actively pursuing even after his resignation where the resignation was prompted or influenced by a desire to acquire that opportunity for himself . |