Example sentences of "is [v-ing] himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , the enquirer who is using himself as a research instrument needs to be as aware as possible and committed to becoming more aware of his own biases , values and his reasons for holding the conceptual framework he does . |
| 2 | He is easing himself into his part , into an American voice . |
| 3 | That is absolutely incorrect , and I take it that the hon. Gentleman is dissociating himself from Labour Front Bench policy on the Maastricht settlement . |
| 4 | Professor Moravcsik is addressing himself to a vast audience , from high school students to politically responsible adults . |
| 5 | ‘ Cup places are up for grabs and I 'll be watching carefully tomorrow to see if any player is saving himself for the semi-final , ’ said Malone . |
| 6 | Yes , in his own quiet way Summerchild is presenting himself to an audience . |
| 7 | Graham is boring himself in one of his car magazines |
| 8 | But there are signs that he is distancing himself from the UN . |
| 9 | The rhetoric suggests that the author is distancing himself from antisemitism and from the absurdities of the conspiratorial interpretation of politics . |
| 10 | I do not know whether the Hon. Gentleman is distancing himself from what happened . |
| 11 | I do not know whether that means that he has changed his policy or is distancing himself from the official line of the Labour party on unemployment issues . |
| 12 | Thus ( 15a ) presupposes that the person referred to by I has been waiting for news about someone whom he thought to be in danger , whereas ( 15b ) does not , and might be said rather by someone who is comparing himself with other people who do not know this fact . |
| 13 | CD is comparing himself as narrator to someone following a reel which unwinds the thread of the story from itself as it rolls along in front of him . |
| 14 | GRAHAM GOOCH is preparing himself for one last big effort as an England Test captain on a foreign field . |
| 15 | Every day the Profitboss is putting himself at risk . |
| 16 | ‘ In a way , Jeff is putting himself in the position of being a cultural martyr , ’ says Ned Rifkin , exhibition curator for Washington DC 's Hirshhorn Museum , part of the prestigious Smithsonian Institution . |