Example sentences of "[vb -s] himself on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | he holds himself on the sofa |
| 2 | FURLANETTO PRIDES HIMSELF ON THE range of work which he chooses to undertake , particularly recently when he recorded the ‘ other ’ Don Giovanni by Gazzaniga ( see ‘ Opera Reviews ’ in this issue ) . |
| 3 | Mr Llambias ' services do not come cheap — they are a combination of a retainer ‘ sufficient to make them think really seriously ’ and a success fee that is a percentage of the fee income of the smaller firm ( sometimes 5% or 7.5% ) — but he prides himself on the longevity of the mergers he arranges . |
| 4 | Even Hermsprong ( 1796 ) , one of the first political novels , whose eponymous hero models himself on the noble savage , confines itself to great houses or to those that emulate them , while the savage himself , in true romance tradition , turns out to be an aristocrat , and the rightful heir to his wicked uncle 's estate . |
| 5 | Gibson Keddie finds himself on the wrong end of a tongue lashing … |
| 6 | You know , the one where some lumbering forward finds himself on the openside and , just as he is about to get well and truly creamed , he ships the ball — and the whole of the opposition 's back row — over to you ? |
| 7 | William Hurt is the medic of the title , an eminent surgeon who finds himself on the other edge of the scalpel when he becomes seriously ill . |
| 8 | Satisfied that the room is empty , he enters quickly , closes the door behind him emphatically , and throws himself on the settee with a groan of weariness . |
| 9 | He brightened up , getting the glow of a man who feels himself on the verge of discharging a disagreeable responsibility . |
| 10 | Eric settles himself on the oche . |
| 11 | So that when you go into the Drama Studio with a group of students … and when you do decent work with them , everybody puts himself on the line , everybody . |