Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He refers to himself in the third person quite frequently , almost as if his stage persona is a separate being . |
| 2 | So he thinks of himself as a warm-hearted , caring human being . |
| 3 | He read to himself for a few minutes while William perused the review section , but his agitation could not long be contained in silence . |
| 4 | Well wha what he does is is he looks at himself in the mirror something like that and er he sees sees the body he 's jumped into . |
| 5 | His prosperity is shown by the ‘ magnificent dwelling house ’ which he built for himself on the north Thames frontage immediately to the east of the Fleet canal . |
| 6 | He referred to himself as a Glasgow businessman . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , he never lets anyone over the door and he sees to himself for the most part . |
| 8 | He smiles to himself in the mirror . |
| 9 | He thought of himself as a latecomer . |
| 10 | Mackay did not return to Scotland after 1885 and there is little evidence that he thought of himself as a Scot , except in a very conventional , stereotypical way . |
| 11 | He thought of himself as a bungler . |
| 12 | He thought of himself as a great collector — I believe there were great collections of Chinese porcelain made by Victorian and Edwardian connoisseurs , but he was pretty small fry , just being fashionable . " |
| 13 | He thought of himself as a responsible and dependable person . |
| 14 | He speaks of himself as a man who could have been a God . |
| 15 | In the early evening of the next day he dressed himself in his best suit and wore a clean shirt and a razor tight collar ; he looked at himself in the mirror , yes , he looked good , almost handsome , one must die with dignity . |
| 16 | I 'm meant to be fighting the Germans , not going to a wedding , he said out loud , as he looked at himself in the cracked mirror above the washbasin . |
| 17 | He stared at himself in the mirror as they measured him . |
| 18 | He smiled to himself at the head of the stairs . |
| 19 | He had seen the look of greed on Bull O'Malley 's face and he smiled to himself in the dark . |
| 20 | He spoke of himself as a hapless , hopeless , helpless male , seven years in thrall to an unknowing , uncaring , unattainable She . |
| 21 | Presently , as he sat by himself in a remote corner of the banqueting hall , he noticed on the wall beside him an ascending column of white ants ; as they reached the ceiling they spread their wings and slowly drifted down in a delicate living veil . |