Example sentences of "[art] man [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they were kind : the man roused himself at my request to hammer a protruding nail in my shoe that had caused me discomfort , the woman interrupted her knitting to refill my pot of tea and make sure the meal was to my liking . |
| 2 | But the man stabbed himself to death . |
| 3 | She watched as the man swung himself out of the car . |
| 4 | The man thumps himself in the chest with one finger . |
| 5 | The man pulled himself in after the stretcher , the doors were closed and the ambulance began to move off , its siren wailing mournfully . |
| 6 | As it becomes increasingly unacceptable for the man to remove himself to the predominantly adult male preserve of the pub , leaving wife and children at home , it becomes imperative for outlets to be found which can cater to the demands of the whole family . |
| 7 | It took much will-power for the man to drag himself away , presently , on one of Dunbar 's best horses , but consoled and heartened by receiving the best kiss , on parting , that had yet come from Mariot Randolph . |
| 8 | A MAN passed himself off as a solicitor to get into a prison and beat up a prisoner accused of molesting his daughter , it was revealed today . |
| 9 | When they did not arrive , a man calling himself Richards rang and said : ‘ Sorry I am late , Mr Johnson . |
| 10 | A man calling himself John Haydon had lured him there with a request for advice on pensions . |
| 11 | The seventeen year old girl was raped after she accepted a lift from a man calling himself John outside the King Billy Pub in Northampton … |
| 12 | Miss Giles said she booked the film to fill a mid-afternoon slot after a man calling himself Jean-Marc Brennez phoned and offered it . |
| 13 | Whatever else he might be , instinct told her Nicolo Sabatini was not a man to force himself on a woman . |
| 14 | MAGISTRATES asked a man to defend himself yesterday in a bid to save his job . |
| 15 | It switched the action from London to Australia , although somewhat surprisingly it did not involve a dingo or a randy member of the Neighbours cast : ‘ A man killed himself yesterday , minutes after disrupting a lingerie fashion show hosted by Australian model Elle Macpherson . |
| 16 | In Leach [ 1969 ] , The Times , 13 January , a man had himself crucified ( though not to death ) . |
| 17 | Various means were employed to enrage the bull and G. H. Burton says : ‘ Hats were thrown at him , and frequently a hogshead [ a large barrel ] with the ends knocked out was brought , wherein a man placed himself , and , by rolling it to the bull , provoked him to toss it ; but he tossed in vain , the occupant being too well trained to be easily dislodged . ’ |
| 18 | There were several motives which might bring a man to commit himself to a fairly long period ( eight years in France from 1762 onwards ) of military service . |
| 19 | A man describing himself as being in the public relations business had phoned Julian Klein 's office and made an appointment to meet him on this day , but had not divulged the nature of his business . |
| 20 | A MAN turned himself into a human fireball as a protest against Western inaction in Bosnia , an inquest heard yesterday . |
| 21 | A MAN hanged himself from a tree in a busy shopping centre — but no one noticed his body for at least two days . |
| 22 | A MAN hanged himself in his bedroom after he became depressed about a break-up with his girlfriend . |
| 23 | How could a man join himself to God 's creation again ? |
| 24 | Of course , this does n't mean that if a man exposes himself to you , you must be repressing that urge within yourself . |
| 25 | Trouble is , you ca n't expect a man to change himself . |
| 26 | She felt a moment of irritation — trust a man to absent himself and leave her to keep Dana away from London and Garry . |
| 27 | ‘ Why should a man hang himself here ? ’ |