Example sentences of "himself with [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither the court nor a Chief Constable could compel an officer to do acts which can only lawfully be done if the officer himself with reasonable cause suspects that a breach of the peace has occurred or is imminently likely to occur . |
| 2 | The Major began to feel that Onyx Muggeridge was not quite what he had come to a Parents ' Evening for , and was quite grateful when the headmaster disengaged himself with palpable reluctance from the Fromes and sailed in his direction , exuding Manner . |
| 3 | It is evident that Polybius has identified himself with Roman success . |
| 4 | On walking into the Stop Hinkley Centre , Marshall introduced himself with typical candour as ‘ the enemy ’ , then launched into a long shaggy dog story about how much opposition there had been to a hydro-electric scheme in Snowdonia . |
| 5 | Arthur and Geoff were already there and the ARP organist was surpassing himself with appropriate music . |
| 6 | Endowed , as he was , with a compelling creative genius , he drove himself with little regard for his own health and welfare , contributing ( over and above his journalistic duties ) serial novels , literary and political commentaries , and poems to newspapers , and an increasing flow of scholarly articles and essays to monthly and quarterly journals . |
| 7 | At 30 , McEnroe is beginning to incline towards nostalgia , even though he leaves himself with little time to indulge in the luxury . |
| 8 | Not only has he exerted himself tirelessly on teh College 's behalf but he has flung himself with similar enthusiasm into fundraising for the Prince 's Trust and for the Leigh City Technology School in Kent . |
| 9 | He has experimented successfully himself with low price hardbacks , but stresses that price can not be looked at in isolation . |
| 10 | The acquisition of the sacred relic of the blood of Christ by the important monastery of Reichenau ( on Lake Constance ) in the 920s , its veneration there , and Otto I 's associating himself with that veneration , is an example of this religious feeling . |
| 11 | If Guy had only exchanged contracts last week , he 'd organised himself with impressive speed . |
| 12 | Pushing himself with indolent grace away from the door , Rourke came into the room and began to rummage about the shelves beneath the counter . |
| 13 | He was defending himself with great skill , every now and then sliding his hands down the staff and striking at a distance with its full length , and then suddenly changing direction and bringing the shortened end up in a jab at the face or stomach of one of the attackers he had tempted to come too close . |
| 14 | He has deported himself with great dignity . |
| 15 | He bore himself with great dignity , and not a little humour , but he was disappointed to the innermost core . |
| 16 | ‘ FitzAlan may be a man , ’ he argued , ‘ but he 's a man on a mission — not likely to saddle himself with female company on a hard ride . |
| 17 | He threw himself with good grace into everything , even this . |
| 18 | Bracing his knees against the gunwale and steadying himself with one hand on the mizzen backstay , he prepared to relieve himself over the stern . |
| 19 | He knelt on the floor , steadying himself with one hand . |
| 20 | Pope has commented that it is hard not to detect in Ælfric 's statement in Wyrdwriteras that we sceolon secan æt Gode sylfum urne ræd mid anrædum mode ( we should seek our counsel from God himself with unanimous spirit ) " an allusion to the unræd so unhappily associated with Ethelred " . |
| 21 | The Home Guard officer , Major Barrie , was beside himself with pompous fury at the way he and his prisoner had been treated . |
| 22 | Surrounding himself with local knowledge was a form of entrenchment ; if you dig in and stare at a hill you can often persuade yourself you know what 's going on behind it . |
| 23 | By living with ‘ the woman ’ he was undeniably saddling himself with more expense , but consider the gains , he implored . |
| 24 | In France , Bernard found himself with more time than he had ever been used to in his working life ; after his hour-long morning telephone call to John James the day stretched ahead . |
| 25 | They stood together and posed for the pass , Alleyne relaxed and smiling , a tall , angular man who carried himself with natural elegance . |
| 26 | While some use will be made of an article on early ensemble direction by David Camesi , it is the case that the author did not primarily concern himself with French evidence . |
| 27 | I will cite two situations in which he was involved , and from which he extricated himself with remarkable ease : |
| 28 | Before he cleaned himself with old newspaper , Holly knew the germ of his idea . |
| 29 | Edward had not yet covered himself with military glory , but he had revealed a sureness of political judgement which was to stand him in good stead in the greater military endeavours that he embarked upon in 1337 . |
| 30 | In the preceding months he had prepared himself with meticulous care , filling his mind with distilled knowledge , drop by drop , until … it was almost brimming over . |