Example sentences of "he [be] [v-ing] [pn reflx] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's amusing himself at a dull time of year , and being here without his womenfolk , but he 's as adroit at calming the storm as he is at raising it . |
| 2 | Essentially he was establishing himself as a figure of imperial stature , as his gold coinage reveals . |
| 3 | In 1964 Mr Wilson presented himself as a radical figure , but by 1974 he was comparing himself to a family doctor , and hoped , in his own words , ‘ to achieve … peace and quiet for the country ’ . |
| 4 | He had no time for the cant of the priests about sin , but he knew , as he lay in the barracks hearing the grunts and panting of his companions , that he was honing himself for a superior form by refusing his body . |
| 5 | He was preparing himself for a British Council tour of France but it was cancelled at the last moment ; he did , however , fly to Amsterdam and then on to Rome in December under the auspices of the same organization . |
| 6 | Surely he must have realised that he was pitting himself against a concern of considerable strength . |
| 7 | I could see at once he was working himself into a panic about it all . |