Example sentences of "himself [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Another stun grenade was thrown in and a third soldier hurled himself through the window after it , before it had exploded . |
| 32 | Quinn announced himself through the entryphone , aware he was being scanned by the overhead video-camera . |
| 33 | Police were called to the shop in Southampton after a passer-by spotted Urben lowering himself through the roof into the showroom . |
| 34 | He tried to drag himself through the mud but he only sank more deeply into it . |
| 35 | It is quite clear against the background that I have described that it was intended that it should be an exceptional power and that it should be used only when there are no other ways in which the individual applicant may consider the case himself through the planning process . |
| 36 | The only mishap was that in forcing himself through the gap , he nudged the twig and the falling window struck him on the head . |
| 37 | He slipped himself through the gap . |
| 38 | Their anxiety rooted Joseph to the spot for a moment ; then , desperate to make amends for his clumsiness , he flung himself through the doorway in pursuit . |
| 39 | In the case of Augustus we are lucky enough to have the text of The Achievements of the Divine Augustus , which was inscribed on public buildings all over the Roman world and may have been written by Augustus himself during the course of his reign . |
| 40 | Lambert came to Stamford to exhibit himself during the horse races which took place on Wittering Heath to the south of the town . |
| 41 | This last quality — encouraged by Ashcroft Noble — he had learned to recognize in himself during the period of growth between the boy naturalist of The Childhood and the much-sought-after undergraduate writer of Lincoln College who breathes freely through the ornate pages of his own Oxford . |
| 42 | He injured himself during the prank . |
| 43 | Despite a lengthy conversation with the chaplain , Paine could not be persuaded to attend divine worship and consequently he was placed in a room by himself during the time of the service . |
| 44 | Freddie the Nark sat back in the cab , feeling very pleased with himself for the way he had handled such a tricky situation . |
| 45 | What Mr Byrne 's unpleasant and excitable letter omitted , and what has been omitted from all subsequent debate , is that Mr Smith is unanswerably the only serious contender offering himself for the leadership . |
| 46 | Harry Lamb worked on his father 's farm , managed on five hours ' sleep a night and studied to prepare himself for the Church of Ireland ministry . |
| 47 | Slowly , the guide bent down , as if to steel himself for the fight . |
| 48 | In effect , God had declared himself for the English and against the French . |
| 49 | Accordingly , Angel One had drawn on his ninjutsu training when preparing himself for the arena , with the purpose of springing a nasty surprise on his twin enemies — the Executioner and the Controller — should the opportunity present itself before he was himself killed . |
| 50 | The question of what he was to do with himself for the rest of his life was never properly resolved in his mind or anyone else 's , which perhaps accounts for his periodic assaults on the whiskey bottle — what Minto called ‘ Warnie 's benders ’ . |
| 51 | Nigel did n't appear to notice her lack of ardour , but went blithely on about having the house to himself for the weekend , so there was going to be a party , and he 'd come and fetch her — |
| 52 | Could he give them a few facts about himself for the company 's press release ? |
| 53 | It was obvious that this was where Harry Mack had settled himself for the night . |
| 54 | Harry had settled himself for the night and then felt the need for a drink of water . |
| 55 | His Prince Hal is never a roaring boy : he sits hunched or sprawled , with dark unwinking eyes : he hopes to be amused by his bully companions , but the eyes constantly muse beyond them into the time when he must steady himself for the crown . |
| 56 | Aroused by his orderly before dawn , le beau Colonel , under a tumultuous bombardment , composedly and meticulously groomed himself for the fray , washing his moustachios in pinard , in the absence of water . |
| 57 | And whereas other Renaissance examples of the exhortation to marriage dwell on the delight and solace of the married state , our poet 's argument , by contrast , is directed to the friend 's reproduction of himself for the benefit of posterity . |
| 58 | Failure of heirs , or the survival only of heiresses , was exploited by the king himself for the benefit of his own sons , who expected endowments and titles as befitted their rank and who by virtue of their birth played a leading part in aristocratic society . |
| 59 | In its original meaning çift referred to the smallest unit of land which could support a family , and in the early days of the timar system the çift was the core holding which the timarli farmed himself for the benefit of his own family . |
| 60 | Give Ray half a chance and he 'd blame himself for the invention of gunpowder . ’ |