Example sentences of "he had [to-vb] himself " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He had to go himself . ’ |
| 2 | The charge was such an obvious frame-up that he had to ask himself if there had ever been any intention to try him on it . |
| 3 | For some reason , he felt he had to explain himself to this dark-eyed , intense young woman . |
| 4 | The black haven beneath the car was so small that he had to press himself hard against Nails . |
| 5 | The solution suddenly came to him , and he had to control himself from shouting out " Eureka " . |
| 6 | He knew , and again he had to force himself to face this point , that his escape itself was a dishonest one . |
| 7 | The weight in his heart seemed to have tethered him to the pavement , and he had to force himself to turn away , and some seconds after she had disappeared through the doorway . |
| 8 | He had employed two extra assistants to keep the flies at bay , and he found he had to force himself not to hurry his craft , not to cut corners . |
| 9 | a very able man in business matters , but unfortunately lame ; he had to support himself on a crutch , in addition to which the dark glasses he wore to hide some defect in his eyes , did not improve his appearance ; altogether it always struck me that the prominence of position he seemed to claim was undesirable . |
| 10 | He had to stop himself from shouting aloud with pleasure . |
| 11 | He looked around and felt so dizzy he had to steady himself . |
| 12 | He had to save himself . |
| 13 | Connelly used every ounce of strength he had to push himself away from the cooker , but Farrell was a powerful man and forced the agent 's face ever closer to the ring . |
| 14 | He had to remind himself that when she was in this mood she was a mistress of the single , agonized word , the mutely suffering glance . |
| 15 | He had to justify himself somehow , both to himself and to the public . |
| 16 | While Sarazen felt ‘ the biggest heel in the world ’ , he also knew he had to give himself the best chance of winning the Open ; and that , regrettably , could not be achieved with his old caddie Dan . |
| 17 | He had to give himself time for the thought to reach him . |
| 18 | He did n't know what was happening between Gesner and Suzi any more , had n't seen either of them since the Season began , since that dreadful scene at Willi 's party , but he knew he had to submit himself to yet another bout of torture and watch them together on the stage . |
| 19 | He did n't really need to hear the rest , although he had to brace himself to listen . |
| 20 | For her to like him he had to make himself invisible . |
| 21 | He had to make himself heard . |
| 22 | First of all he had to free himself of his arrangement with Paul Guillaume . |
| 23 | They wanted to keep Gustav back too and he had to free himself . |
| 24 | Again he had to prove himself , this time to 135 tough young teenagers aged fourteen and fifteen who were not impressed by his title . |
| 25 | Meanwhile he had to keep himself . |
| 26 | But he had to restrain himself from leaping up and switching the light off and peering out into the street from behind the curtains . |
| 27 | Indeed , he had to restrain himself . |
| 28 | He had to pull himself up with help from other divers who pulled his umbilical , and anything else they could get hold of . |
| 29 | But if you 'd said oh well I 'll prepare , what about if I prepare you , oh yes well I 'll have that probably if you 'd got done it he 'd have it because he had to help himself . |
| 30 | He had to identify himself from the pavement . |