Example sentences of "be [prep] himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Note : To find the boy 's weight , w , he had to be by himself on one side of the see-saw or equation . |
| 2 | Indeed , he is said to have been beside himself with rage and looking to pick a violent quarrel with anyone who happened along . |
| 3 | It was a boiling hot morning , he had three other appointments before lunch , and his head ached dully from the excess of Jack Daniels he had drunk the night before with the child 's father , who had been beside himself with rage when he had arrived at the Presbytery . |
| 4 | Eachuin Odhar was beside himself with fury . |
| 5 | Her husband Bob was beside himself with anger . |
| 6 | Fleury was beside himself with distress , but more for Louise 's sake than for the Doctor 's ( he had privately come to consider his prospective father-in-law as an opinionated old fool ) . |
| 7 | When he found that his theory exactly predicted the path of Mercury , he was beside himself with happiness for days . |
| 8 | The old man was beside himself with excitement , his hand trembling so that the candlelight danced and spurted like shooting stars . |
| 9 | Martinho was beside himself with anxiety and frustration . |
| 10 | When he raised his head again he was beside himself with excitement , all thoughts of his hangover and pounding head forgotten . |
| 11 | The Home Guard officer , Major Barrie , was beside himself with pompous fury at the way he and his prisoner had been treated . |