Example sentences of "and [verb] himself [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd locked himself in their room and drunk himself insensible . |
| 2 | The judge directed that the applicant submit to a full medical examination by the consultant forensic psychiatrist instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service and make himself available for examination by a second medical practitioner . |
| 3 | He knew when to make use of his status , and when and how to temper its brilliance and make himself unobtrusive among a multitude . |
| 4 | But when the great general of the Civil War , Oliver Cromwell , lost his temper with the Rump Parliament for trying to monopolize power , and made himself supreme instead , he regretted this war between Protestant countries and set out to make peace between them as soon as possible . |
| 5 | I am quite pleased that Auckland fly-half Grant Fox has changed his mind and made himself available for international action . |
| 6 | Bénezet slipped into a carrel as near as he could approach unnoticed , and made himself invisible in the shadows . |
| 7 | He immersed himself in parish work and made himself indispensable to the overworked parish priest . |
| 8 | Nails laid back and made himself comfortable . |
| 9 | She made herself as comfortable as she could , listening to the sounds Travis made as he zipped himself into the sleeping-bag and made himself comfortable . |
| 10 | This practically ruined him but rather than take the easy way out and declare himself bankrupt , he called a meeting of his creditors and asked for time to pay . |
| 11 | He threw her away from him and flung himself flat on the ground as Liartes ' dragon thundered by , leaving another smoking scar across the turf . |
| 12 | Deemed delicious , he ate the lot and then had a cheese omelette and pronounced himself satisfied , having only had a nasty old British rail sandwich en route . |
| 13 | Of course , the coroner drank as if there was no tomorrow and when he had had his fill , leaned back against the pillar of the huge fireplace , belched , and pronounced himself satisfied . |
| 14 | We talked to a gatherer who had misjudged the tides and found himself unable to leave the cave for thirty-two days . |
| 15 | He switched on his torch and found himself alone in the office . |
| 16 | ‘ Thanks , Georgie , ’ His Grace the Duke , otherwise known as Everard Bean , pouted and drew himself erect . |
| 17 | Norman also got up and down from another bunker for a 69 and 277 , spending the next 30 minutes waiting , watching and keeping himself loose with a few twists and turns for the play-off that never happened . |
| 18 | And so , when Byzantian emperor Alexius I appealed to Pope Urban II for help against the Seljuk Turks in Asia Minor , Urban saw the chance to vindicate the Western Church and show himself magnanimous to his Orthodox brothers . |
| 19 | However , the great Wallaby no.8 , Tim Gavin , after missing the World Cup — and being sorely missed there — has recovered and made himself available for selection . |
| 20 | He used the chainsword as a mountaineer uses an ice pick : he clung to the platform with his left hand , and brought the chainsword up and then down again , grinding it into the metal structure of the vehicle and pulling himself forward centimetre by centimetre . |
| 21 | In a speech to local dignitaries on May 11 , however , Dinkins condemned " any boycott based on race " and declared himself ready to mediate " in any dispute " . |
| 22 | Lyle , who has missed the cut twice in his only four European Tour appearances this year , came in with a 68 and declared himself well-satisfied . |
| 23 | Masklin darted between two seats , around a pair of giant shoes , and threw himself flat on the carpet . |
| 24 | Well he 's so busy about to do it and getting himself ready to do it , that he is gon na do it though |
| 25 | He dashed up the ladder , clambered along the horizontal part , dropped through the gap and swung himself clear from the final rung onto the ground . |
| 26 | He 's misjudged the size of the chromium door and knocked himself flat . |
| 27 | Curtius Kenn was a bloody nuisance , and sooner or later someone would put a ScumStopper under his heart and get himself free drinks on the house for a month . |
| 28 | Loyonel , he 's there , leaning on the machine and stuffing himself sick . |
| 29 | a. a man and woman sitting in the living room + the woman sitting reading quite happily — the man 's bored goes to the window looks out the window + and gets himself ready and goes out + |
| 30 | Williams began studying in his spare time in 1897 and taught himself Latin and Greek , enrolling in a correspondence course at Ruskin Hall , Oxford , in 1900 . |