Example sentences of "and [vb base] himself [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He knew when to make use of his status , and when and how to temper its brilliance and make himself unobtrusive among a multitude . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I 'm afraid he 'll get too hot and destroy himself one day , if he goes on like this . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a pity he did n't get a surprise and find himself dead . |
| 8 | All he 'd do was sit and drink himself stupid . |
| 9 | All we 've got to do is go back to London and get Joe to set up a workshop there and work himself silly . |