Example sentences of "himself during " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steinmark was still absent and he , Nordern , was doing two men 's work which annoyed him , particularly as he wanted to give the best possible impression of himself during the next few weeks . |
| 2 | This last quality — encouraged by Ashcroft Noble — he had learned to recognize in himself during the period of growth between the boy naturalist of The Childhood and the much-sought-after undergraduate writer of Lincoln College who breathes freely through the ornate pages of his own Oxford . |
| 3 | His letters to Helen , in particular , uncover the head for business , the punctilious sense of irritable rightness , and the concomitant sudden bouts of self-distrust that marched alongside his desire for an extended life of idealized perfection , similar to the intense moments of joyful peace he had discovered for himself during walks . |
| 4 | Two of the recipients , Joseph Kagan , a mackintosh manufacturer subsequently convicted of theft , and the property developer Eric Miller , who shot himself during a fraud investigation some eighteen months later , proved the justice of the concern . |
| 5 | In the case of Augustus we are lucky enough to have the text of The Achievements of the Divine Augustus , which was inscribed on public buildings all over the Roman world and may have been written by Augustus himself during the course of his reign . |
| 6 | He amused himself during his visit writing doggerel about the Revd Fullwood Smerdon , his father 's successor , and returned to Cambridge reflecting with distaste on Devonshire people : |
| 7 | Music had been important to her and the shelves held a catholic collection of records with which he could refresh or console himself during the two weeks ' holiday . |
| 8 | Lambert came to Stamford to exhibit himself during the horse races which took place on Wittering Heath to the south of the town . |
| 9 | Ewart last made the news himself during the Soviet coup in August 1991 . |
| 10 | Donne steps forward , his arms relaxing as if to balance himself during his first few faltering steps after centuries of rest in the tomb . |
| 11 | Having outlived Dean and Adams , Hopper indulged himself during the early seventies in autobiographical ego trips that nobody went to see like The Last Movie and The American Dreamer . |
| 12 | Gangster star and friend of real-life mobster Bugsy Siegel , George Raft had learned how to take care of himself during his younger years as a prize-fighter . |
| 13 | He injured himself during the prank . |
| 14 | Was the old sardonic Lexandro reasserting himself during this lull of relaxation ? |
| 15 | Despite a lengthy conversation with the chaplain , Paine could not be persuaded to attend divine worship and consequently he was placed in a room by himself during the time of the service . |
| 16 | Has he learned or discovered anything about himself during the past four years ? |
| 17 | The truth of the matter is that Picasso was almost certainly aware of tribal art when Matisse showed him the piece which he admired , but that he was still not taking it very seriously and only ‘ discovered ’ it for himself during his now legendary visit to the Trocadero . |
| 18 | The Minister had planned a speech of thanks himself during a visit to Stoke Mandeville Hospital … but Adis Avdic stole his thunder . |