Example sentences of "be [vb pp] himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1821 , Mr. Pulley resigned and his successor , Thomas Woolridge , a surgeon of the High Street , was appointed at 50 guineas per annum , to be followed himself by Mr. Blower a few years later at a salary of £63 per annum . |
| 2 | Angry Jemson suffered the embarrassment of coming on as substitute and then being substituted himself at Carrow Road . |
| 3 | He also campaigned against pollution but suffered the irony of being prosecuted himself for pollution in 1857 , which caused him to move his works to Miles Platting . |
| 4 | And signing on and signing off … the goalie who 's saved himself from the dole queue |
| 5 | Fraser 's had two thousand pounds in cash and been allowed lots of time by the airforce , and the army gave him a radio used in the Falklands — the rest he 's done himself with a mortgage |
| 6 | ‘ It seems he 's elevated himself into the big league these past four years . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm dying to see what Derek 's landed himself with , ’ said Lili . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's appointed himself to the temporary monitoring team . |
| 9 | ‘ But Witcher , ’ she continued , ‘ that 's the bloke who 's put himself in charge . |