Example sentences of "[coord] present himself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still twenty-four , and presenting himself to Louise Colet as a fellow of infinite whim , he claims that he has thought long and very seriously about the idea of becoming a bandit in Smyrna . |
| 2 | It allowed Franco to play the nationalist card more blatantly than ever , using his public appearances to recall the horrors of the Civil War and to present himself as both martyr on the altar of Spain 's liberation from communism and guarantor of the continued existence of Spain as a coherent socio-political entity . |
| 3 | Having been approached by Adam Boreel , who with John Dury and Samuel Hartlib [ qq.v. ] in England hoped to persuade a learned Jew to translate the Mishnah ( the Hebraic core of the Talmud ) into Latin , Isaac Abendana arrived in Oxford on 3 June 1662 and presented himself to Edward Pococke [ q.v. ] and other prominent Hebraists there . |
| 4 | But he followed closely behind her and presented himself to her mother with another of the staccato nods he had learned on the parade ground . |
| 5 | Harry took his leave of Ernie Love the following morning and presented himself at the Jubilee Clock twenty minutes early for his rendezvous with Nigel Mossop . |
| 6 | One of many photographers who had been lurking among the azaleas seemed to take hope at the sight of such an obviously affectionate couple and presented himself before them . |
| 7 | He responded to an imperative summons with an ill grace , and presented himself in the drawing-room of Rose 's hired house in a mood of ill-concealed annoyance . |
| 8 | The manner of his election was dubious in the extreme ; Gallus had spent much time at the court of Theuderic , but at the time of Quintianus 's death he was in Clermont ; while the citizens were trying to decide on a new candidate the Holy Spirit descended on Gallus , according to his relative Gregory , and on the advice of his uncle Inpetratus he set off and presented himself to Theuderic , who authorized his consecration . |