Example sentences of "[vb infin] himself [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was strong enough to take a certain amount of punishment if it meant that , in the end , Matthew would rid himself of that core of hatred which was slowly eating him away . |
| 2 | He would free himself from this enslavement , sweet as it was , as he had freed himself from Hilary . |
| 3 | Once his obligations to the scheduled programme had been fulfilled he could then relax and enjoy himself in some of his and his audience 's favourite numbers . |
| 4 | Even today , with the growth of computers in every branch of business , it is rare to find a computer man who can explain himself in simple English . |
| 5 | Immediately the caveman must prepare himself for two possibilities . |
| 6 | But how does a person normally prepare himself for frightening and distressing events ? |
| 7 | By the same token , one wonders what leader , in some of the countries so quick to condemn Smith , would expose himself to such a cross-examination ? ) |
| 8 | By day Hayling would help organize the workers at Langley , and in the evenings he would throw himself into pressure-group work . |
| 9 | High remuneration , excellent prospects and an immediate cash bonus await the successful applicant who will present himself at twelve noon today . |
| 10 | What is required of the student is the capacity to identify with English : " Unless an undergraduate can identify himself in some sense with the subject he is studying , he is either reading the wrong School , or has no business to be at university at all . |
| 11 | First , everybody in a well-run organization should feel himself under some pressure . |
| 12 | No one , at any level in a structure from chief executive downwards , can exclude himself from this commitment . |
| 13 | He just did n't look himself at all . |
| 14 | At worst he will limit himself to two a month , one Nil by his boss ( which the Profitboss might well have to suffer ) and one he might run for his own team to review progress . |
| 15 | Harvey , who had the reputation of a coureur , would run himself into more trouble if he were not careful . |
| 16 | He gyrated carefully so that he could see himself at all angles . |
| 17 | Li Shai Tung stared at the urbane , highly-sophisticated man standing at his side and laughed briefly , bemused that Shepherd could see himself in that brutal portrait . |
| 18 | Many people would say that Jesus could not stop himself from healing people because of his overwhelming feeling of compassion and love for them . |
| 19 | They talked endlessly at MacAlister 's rooms in Merton , where Thomas could also measure himself against two further acquaintances , Fyffe and Wharton . |
| 20 | It was undesirable to make an order which would in practice be executed before the defendant could avail himself of that opportunity . |
| 21 | A Herefordshire hobgoblin would avenge himself for any insult by stealing all the family 's keys and refusing to return them until his favourite cake had been baked and left on the hob for him to eat . |
| 22 | Before taking professional advice , the haulier should familiarize himself with basic facts about taxation , especially recent changes in the law . |
| 23 | In the poet 's idealized concept of nature man need not bother himself with arduous tasks or boring duties , nature is there to provide for him and nothing more . |
| 24 | But he would not commit himself beyond that . |
| 25 | Kaifu promised to make efforts to reduce his country 's large trade surplus with South Korea — estimated to have exceeded US$6,000 million in 1990 — but he did not commit himself to any specific measures to achieve this . |
| 26 | ‘ Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord . |
| 27 | Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? ’ |
| 28 | He came up off the floor in one swift , powerful lunge , slamming the full force of his body into Boisson and driving him back towards the dungeon before the man could gather himself for another swing . |
| 29 | He must reduce himself to zero and have perfect control over all senses … ’ . |
| 30 | When one of the fattest hailed him when he was out shopping he decided he must disassociate himself from that crowd . |