Example sentences of "himself before the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His reading was hesitant owing to a stammer that tied his tongue whenever he was expected to give account of himself before the rest of the class . |
| 2 | Alfonso took the oath , but he never forgave Rodrigo for forcing him to humble himself before the rest of his vassals . |
| 3 | If there 's any trouble , it is n't the villager who finds himself before the court , but the Romany . ’ |
| 4 | The use of I in the paraphrase suggests moreover that it is the speaker who somehow sees himself before the infinitive event because it implies that he has not yet realized his desire . |
| 5 | Mr Mellor was a great individualist , always putting on a good performance for the cameras , but he put himself before the Cabinet team . |
| 6 | The E version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle says that he was unjustly driven from Ely and went to Rome to clear himself before the pope of the charges brought against him . |
| 7 | However , the farm worker rarely achieves what is necessary to bring himself before the attention of the public . |
| 8 | He prinked himself before the glass where formerly he had gazed . |
| 9 | Assistant manager Mick Tait said : ‘ He was pencilled in to play , but he withdrew himself before the game . ’ |
| 10 | Martin Luther , excommunicated by the Pope and defending himself before the Emperor , closes his statement with the celebrated words : ‘ My conscience is taken captive by God 's word , I can not and will not recant anything . |
| 11 | But seven years later in 1935 , on the eve of the Italian invasion , while the war drums were beating outside the palace to summon the nation to war , an old man presented himself before the Emperor . |
| 12 | He laid the picture down and seated himself before the table . |
| 13 | One contestant was knocked out of the ring and into the orchestra pit , landing in the mouth of the big bass horn and unable to extricate himself before the count of 10 . |
| 14 | ‘ Unlike most rock bands that will do practically anything to become controversial , ’ drawls the man himself before the show , ‘ our main focus is to keep controversy down . |