Example sentences of "himself [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do not like by-elections , for in them a candidate of their own party may , win or lose , find the opportunity to display himself so advantageously as to become in the next general election a fearsome competitor . |
| 2 | If Lord Eldon used any language which could be so interpreted , we must conclude that he either did not guard himself so cautiously as he intended , or that he did not lend that degree of attention to the legal doctrine connected with the case before him , which he was accustomed to afford . |
| 3 | Duvall collided with him in the rush , nearly flinging him to the corridor floor , but Cardiff clung to the door knob and swung himself back again as Rohmer and Gilbert hurtled past him . |
| 4 | Still the hired spider in the back clucked and unwedged himself as fast as he could to go and check his beloved bits and pieces by touch . |
| 5 | He had groomed himself as best as he could for the interview . |
| 6 | It was probably whilst flying high over an approaching enemy that one Goblin got a bit carried away , and steering himself as best as he could with his crude wings , crashed right down onto the enemy army . |
| 7 | Well , Ace knocked that little idea flat but unfortunately himself as well as he hit his head on the door-frame trying to seek sanctuary in the pits . ’ |
| 8 | Had the man not have defended himself as well as he did he could well have received very serious injuries . |
| 9 | There was nothing to be gained by worrying further , so he settled himself as comfortably as possible against the trunk of the tree . |
| 10 | This requires him to immerse himself as thoroughly as he can in the life of the community he is trying to understand . |
| 11 | He had n't purged himself as completely as he had thought . |
| 12 | This possibility is outlined by Foucault himself as early as The Order of Things . |
| 13 | Yet even though Daniel had spread himself as far as he could , including making himself a primitive chapel out of an east-facing bedroom , there was still a good deal of vicarage left over . |
| 14 | Lorton raised himself as far as he could . |
| 15 | He dived away at the double and took himself as far as his long legs would carry him . |