Example sentences of "[to-vb] himself [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | possible that Paul has had a already had a reply from the Destiny people , you know , the ap at my urging Paul joins these people to find himself another girl because I 'm so sick of hearing about Karen who 's treated him made a fool of him totally |
| 2 | Before we leave Glamorgan , a word of congratulation to Stephen James , who has been opening in place of Butcher and compiling runs with the kind of technique that reveals how earnestly he is trying to establish himself this summer . |
| 3 | Douglas nodded and went to pour himself another cup of tea . |
| 4 | His eye was watching the barley while he was thinking about the outing he had decided to give himself that evening . |
| 5 | To give himself more time he asked the Bookman if he would help him with his homework . |
| 6 | Pöhl said that his decision had been made to give himself more time for his family and private interests and was prompted by " neither resignation nor frustration " . |
| 7 | His brothers Simon and Peter Eubanks ( Chris dropped the s , perhaps to give himself some breathing space ) were both fighters , but Chris took a somewhat different approach . |
| 8 | They were well aware that before the English visit , and in an attempt to give himself some room for manoeuvre , Napoleon III had wooed the Tsar . |
| 9 | His suggestion that his intervention persuaded the Khmers Rouges not to disrupt the voting may be an attempt to give himself some importance . |
| 10 | And it is not possible for us to know anything at all about him unless he is generous enough to disclose himself Another book in this series has tackled the question of revelation ; suffice it to say at this point that without revelation we can not say anything about the Lord who is Spirit . |
| 11 | Sam Kettle was n't the only person to hate himself that morning . |
| 12 | He had to struggle to convince himself that Cutter 's heroic stature was not a tiny bit reduced by this peculiar name . |