Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these pre-Cubist paintings of 1907 and 1908 it is as if Picasso were preparing himself for the difficulties involved in creating a new style by taking stock afresh of some of the basic problems inherent in all painting since the invention of illusionistic perspective . |
| 2 | ‘ In a way , Jeff is putting himself in the position of being a cultural martyr , ’ says Ned Rifkin , exhibition curator for Washington DC 's Hirshhorn Museum , part of the prestigious Smithsonian Institution . |
| 3 | Stylistically , Samson is distancing itself from the very audience it should inspire , but by doing so Milton is helping to avoid potential censorship and a silencing altogether . |
| 4 | ‘ Captain Hook 's drowned hisself in the river , ’ he babbled . |
| 5 | Alexander was disporting himself about the boat . |
| 6 | BODO 'S EPIC misinterpretation of my failure at Lani 's established itself as the authorized version of events . |
| 7 | Doug was throwing himself into the part with relish . |
| 8 | It is a cry of triumph , greeting God 's showing himself in the midst of his people . |
| 9 | Burton was hurling himself on the course most likely to tempt and test him to the limit . |
| 10 | For all the tact of his dealings with the army , his words and policies in the summer of 1958 plainly showed that de Gaulle was disassociating himself from the ideology of integration — i.e. integration of Algeria into France — that many officers favoured . |
| 11 | And I noticed Otley was admiring himself in the mirror a lot these days , the predatory gleam back in his hazel eyes , sometimes gold sometimes green , according to where the light was coming from . |
| 12 | Christie 's braced themselves for the golf fanatics for their 19 February sale , which featured three paintings by Sir John Lavery , one of them being a vista of the famous Golf Links , North Berwick ( est. $60–80,000 ) , which sold to London dealer Titus Kendall for $110,000 ( £63,200 ) . |
| 13 | Samuel Pipkin was tensing himself for the coming life and death struggle this evening , when the vital decision would be made by the Prince of Wales , and Mr Thackeray would be avenged . |
| 14 | Yet many party supporters were outraged by this betrayal of the Whig tradition , and the very fact that the issue of liberty of conscience could now be given a low priority in the party agenda is perhaps indicative of the beginnings of the process whereby Whiggery was to divorce itself from the cause of Dissent . |
| 15 | She looked round swiftly to check whether the others had seen him but Conrad was pouring wine and chattering , Philippa was settling herself into the crimson beanbag , Larry was moving around in the kitchen , John was sipping his drink and testing out her rocking-chair and the lad with the twisted arm was hovering , uncomfortably . |
| 16 | Or , if the Prince of Wales was to remove himself from the line of succession , that would be a grave matter . |