Example sentences of "not [vb infin] himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was n't very good , and even to please her ( which was his only motive for practising ) he could not make himself into a musician . |
| 2 | The patient keeps his hands clasped together throughout the active parts of the transfer , so that he does not throw himself off balance by reaching out to grab the carer or the arm of the chair . |
| 3 | The ideal needs integrity , however , for a citizen can not treat himself as the author of a collection of laws that are inconsistent in principle , nor can he see that collection as sponsored by any Rousseauian general will . |
| 4 | Robin Smith does not regard himself as an automatic selection for this summer 's campaign against Pakistan , despite winning the Cornhill player of the year award . |
| 5 | Ludens was a historian , but certainly did not regard himself as a Jewish historian . |
| 6 | He did not broadcast himself until the Saturday evening ( K May ) , and then used much less provocative language than most of his colleagues would have chosen . |
| 7 | For his part the president , as he tries to get the cooperation he needs , will not restrict himself to offering inducements . |
| 8 | He does not confine himself to ‘ organs of extreme perfection ’ , but also describes , as he believes , maladaptive overdevelopments ( Irish elk ) , nonadaptive organs , useless incipient stages . |
| 9 | Baldwin did not confine himself to Rothermere : |
| 10 | Owen also does not confine himself to writing only one type of poem but uses many different kinds so to appeal to more people . |
| 11 | Hamad Hasan did not describe himself as a free Zuwayi , but his ventures into gardening and trade , and his use of his agricultural knowledge and skills , were characteristic activities of free men . |
| 12 | That was how he worked , but in this case he could not free himself of the notion that although Francis was the victim he might not be the central figure . |
| 13 | ‘ And I shall tell you , my Lord Coroner , how Edmund Brampton , steward to Sir Thomas Springall , did not hang himself in the garret of that house in Cheapside ! ’ |
| 14 | Throughout his career , Gaunt was conspicuous for his loyalty to the king , and even when Richard II spurned that loyalty for a time , Gaunt did not associate himself with opposition to the court . |
| 15 | Mr Romiti , the ruthlessly effective chief executive who was their main target , did not present himself in court . |
| 16 | He did not believe himself to be any the wiser as regards the reason for it not firing , but he thought he might as well try again . |
| 17 | He does not believe himself to be guilty of murder , and yet he now faces between and fifteen years ' imprisonment . |
| 18 | A thumbnail sketch by a friend brings Fénéon to life : ‘ He did not thrust himself upon you . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , her husband could not reconcile himself to having married a commoner and even taught their sons to be disrespectful to her when they were young . |
| 20 | Luke would have said that politically he stood way to the left of his mother and way , way to the left of his father , but somehow he could not reconcile himself to the thought of his mother stocking shelves in Pricewell 's . |
| 21 | He could well have been called a victim , and his book consigns itself , as Fraser 's does , to that large literature in which the sufferings of victims are recounted : but he does not see himself as a romantic orphan . |
| 22 | Scotland 's record-breaking captain does not see himself as a future Scottish Rugby Union president . |
| 23 | A prison source told TODAY last night : ‘ Courtney does not see himself as a sex offender so he has not applied for Category C status . |
| 24 | However , even on the view that the plaintiff must be the target , no malice or spite is required : apart from the protection of the trade disputes legislation the tort would be committed by a trade union officer calling his members out on strike and he can not defend himself by arguing that his purpose was the increase of his members ' wages : unlike the tort of conspiracy , no predominant purpose to injure the plaintiff is required . |
| 25 | Make sure that the horse stays calm and does not work himself into a frenzy . |
| 26 | If he were to conform to the strict rules of etiquette and combat guiding the danseurs nobles of the French opera-ballets , he would not demean himself by seizing the nearest thing at hand , the rudder from his boat , to put his adversary to flight . |
| 27 | He could not stop himself from thinking about it and he shuddered , as he imagined again Simon 's hands around his neck . |
| 28 | Many people would say that Jesus could not stop himself from healing people because of his overwhelming feeling of compassion and love for them . |
| 29 | Then came the tears — Gascoigne simply could not stop himself from crying . |
| 30 | Even so , he could not stop himself from feeling it was wrong . |