Example sentences of "put himself into the " in BNC.

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1 Yet when Cornwall pronounces him the new Earl of Gloucester , and orders him to seek his father out , Edmund has yet another layer of pretence at hand : Edmund 's perversion of such words as ‘ nature ’ , ‘ loyalty ’ , and ‘ blood ’ is grimly evident to us , but not to Cornwall — who may not understand those terms , in any case — and who now puts himself into the position of an adopted father to Edmund : ‘ I will lay trust upon thee ; and thou shalt find a dearer father in my love ’ ( 24f . ) .
2 Then I realized he was putting himself into the part .
3 He put himself into the hands of a psychiatrist who passed him to another psychiatrist , Leonard Browne .
4 He put himself into the pathologist 's shoes and stood in the witness box .
5 White put himself into the character of Merlyn , passing on to the young king his knowledge of wildlife and hunting .
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