Example sentences of "then [vb past] himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Springfield made as though to answer , then checked himself with a quick glance in Pam 's direction . |
| 2 | Said ‘ tell me more ’ , then revealed himself as the reviewer of the DOE proposal and only later suggested that we collaborate … |
| 3 | He came towards her and held out her glass to her , then seated himself in one of the armchairs opposite . |
| 4 | The trooper climbed reluctantly over the handrail and then lowered himself onto the supporting props below . |
| 5 | Re then described himself as the creator and related his names of Khepri at sunrise , Re at noon and Atum at sunset . |
| 6 | So Ray then found himself in the position of spending a good many of his working hours enforcing a law which he was breaking himself and increasingly afraid of being arrested by one of his mates . |
| 7 | He then entered himself at Lincoln 's Inn , and , after being called to the bar in 1789 , began to practise on the northern circuit . |
| 8 | Acads ' back play could have been more direct , but at least they contributed two cracking tries in the first half , the first by Simon Burns , with help from Ford Swanson , who then helped himself to five points as he finished of a Rowen Shepherd break . |
| 9 | He then stopped himself in mid-sentence and claimed he had been joking . |
| 10 | Confirmation of this was to be found in Geoff 's continued success in the full England international side when he appeared in Graham Taylor 's starting line-up for both the post-season matches at Wembley and then distinguished himself in all four games on the Australasian tour . |
| 11 | The young man said he would tell her when to get off and then busied himself with an oilcan among the driving wheels . |
| 12 | Billing then threw himself into land speculation , writing , yacht broking , and ‘ ship-running ’ , and by 1913 had amassed enough capital to found a yard on Southampton Water , where he pioneered the construction of flying boats ( ‘ supermarines ’ ) . |
| 13 | The boy looked up at the plane , then threw himself to the ground . |
| 14 | He then turned himself into an enormous DRAGON and settled down on top of the cache . |
| 15 | You need one of those slave-driving old studio bosses if you ask me , not a sensitive graduate who went into movies because he liked the clouds in Antonioni and then turned himself into a nouvelle vague Deutscher all hot for Truthspiel . |
| 16 | And feeling them , he had stopped swimming , thrown a wordless curse at the sky , then surrendered himself to the black cold beneath the surface of the moat . |
| 17 | The barbarian pulled himself to his feet and slung his treasure bags into a sack that hung from the saddle , then hauled himself onto the beast 's back . |
| 18 | Instinctively all on the walls and ramparts ducked , even Seton , who then cursed himself for a fool . |
| 19 | He gave his brother a quick glance , then arranged himself in the most comfortable-looking chair in the room . |
| 20 | That the real Peter Lawton killed six people and then killed himself on a motorbike less than two weeks ago ? |
| 21 | Had Alfred Glynn murdered his brother then killed himself in this frightful manner by way of expiation ? |
| 22 | A shop owner is believed to have murdered his wife and then killed himself in a double shooting . |
| 23 | ‘ The Master took them quietly from his person and told him such things were not allowed to be introduced into the workhouse , he then placed himself in a fighting attitude and threatened to knock the Master 's teeth down his throat , thereby setting bad examples to others ’ |
| 24 | Daak spent a few minutes kicking the remains of the pilot out of the front of the cockpit , and then settled himself into the pilot 's bucket seat and swivelled lazily from side to side , waiting for the women . |
| 25 | Fred came into the room and picked up the evening paper then settled himself in his usual chair . |
| 26 | Realising that she had not loved him , Boris then starved himself to death . |
| 27 | Then chided himself for getting so excited about one woman , after all the women he had known . |
| 28 | Rincewind wondered if it was poisonous , then chided himself for asking such a silly question . |
| 29 | He nodded a goodbye , forced a smile , then eased himself into his car and slammed the door . |
| 30 | ‘ A Diet Cola if you have it , ’ Bernard replied then eased himself onto the stool beside Rosie . |