Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] [prep] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If ever I was asked what Nigel ‘ did ’ , I would reply that he was a designer , or sometimes I 'd say an inventor , but he always spoke of himself as an engineer . |
| 2 | He mockingly referred to himself as Sir Tone and said : ‘ My wife is much more thrilled about it than I am . |
| 3 | This was another characteristic that he had : he often talked about himself as if he had custody of someone who needed a lot of upbringing . |
| 4 | Her manner was rather endearingly confused , and Morse switched on what he sometimes saw in himself as a certain charm . |
| 5 | He actually dreamed of himself in a suit of armour opening the big , oak front door with a mace in his hand and Adam riding up on a black , colourfully caparisoned horse . |