Example sentences of "himself of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fairly early in Take a girl like you , Patrick delivers himself of an unqualified condemnation of women , which is followed by a sentence from the narrator concerning and presumably condemning Patrick 's attitude to Jenny at that stage , as a girl to be taken and left : ‘ He wanted more than his share of her before anybody else had any . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ No , no , ’ the Finnish detective said , shaking his head as if to rid himself of the last remnants of misunderstanding . |
| 3 | He reminded himself of the details and exulted as he saw what he could do with it . |
| 4 | There was no end to such supposings — he shook his head like a dog with a bad ear , trying to rid himself of these crawling thoughts . |
| 5 | As he said himself of this time , ‘ I yearned to live a semi-bohemian lifestyle , an unstructured life ; but a consecrated one ; some kind of calling . ’ |
| 6 | Miloslav Mecir , whose season has been handicapped by back trouble , assured himself of a place in the semi-finals along with Becker with a 6-2 , 6-1 victory against Austria 's Thomas Muster yesterday . |
| 7 | He may have reassured himself of the contnuing power of his charisma during recent tours of the south , where he was given a rapturous welcome . |
| 8 | This has been the principal objective of President Doe of Liberia , himself of tribal origin . |
| 9 | He tries to imagine the process by demystifying himself , in other words , by ridding himself of the fantastic in the notion of labour , and by trying to see what it would be like without the strange construction of the system of his time . |
| 10 | A refugee is ‘ a person who , owing to a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race , religion , membership of a particular social group or political opinion , is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or , owing to such fear , unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country ’ , according to the United Nations 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees . |
| 11 | Mr Scaife decided that Mr Saunders , now unemployed , had deliberately deprived himself of cash resources . |
| 12 | And why is he depriving himself of voting regularly ? |
| 13 | If he did nothing more he would still retain his fee simple , but he would have deprived himself of the right to present possession and enjoyment of the land ; his estate would become a future estate , which would again become a present estate , an ‘ estate in possession ’ , only when the smaller estate , the ‘ particular estate ’ which had been carved out of it , came to an end . |
| 14 | That ’ s our stupidity , ’ he said sadly as if unburdening himself of a great guilt . |
| 15 | Simon was convinced that the only way to gain power over his nightmares , to rid himself of them forever , was to defy them and steep himself in further acts of intimidation and violence . |
| 16 | He watched Simon 's trainers padding around to the back door only inches from his face and he wanted to scream , to rid himself of the unbearable tension . |
| 17 | It was not long before Tony joined me in an attempt to free himself of the sizzling mushrooms . |
| 18 | And the former head of the Hitler Youth , Baldur von Schirach , who retained even at Nuremberg a naïve attachment to Hitler , indicated in his memoirs the effect on Hitler himself of the constant toadying and sycophancy which surrounded him , shielding him from rational criticism or genuine debate , and bolstering his increasing detachment from reality . |
| 19 | In discussion of the proposal to Islamicize Libyan law , both old and young took their turn at the microphone , the older men serious , sometimes passionate , arguing both sides : they set their approval of particular measures — the prohibition of alcohol , for example — against their fear of further state interference in religious affairs , derived from unstated resentment of Qaddafi 's arrogation to himself of the power to determine what Islam might be . |
| 20 | The farmer who sold it was happy to rid himself of a wreck which was no more than a dangerous playground . |
| 21 | ANDERS NEILSEN , the English National champion , staged a fighting comeback against Finland 's Robert Liljeqist to assure himself of a medal and join three Danes in today 's men 's singles semi-finals at the Pilkington Glass European Badminton Championships in Glasgow . |
| 22 | In 1330 , however , Edward III successfully rid himself of that control and Mortimer was himself executed . |
| 23 | First of all he had to free himself of his arrangement with Paul Guillaume . |
| 24 | It was through deepening concern at losing his alliance with his lady love , that George set out to rid himself of his wife . |
| 25 | When Arafat satisfied himself of the identity of the three Palestinians responsible , they were sent down to Tyre ‘ in disgrace ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ Have a good vac ? ’ he says again , divesting himself of his coat . |
| 27 | A commentator in the Financial Times delivered himself of the following judgment : ‘ Tripe is tripe : if it is not then what we have here is codswallop , tommyrot , drivel . |
| 28 | The headmaster paused , reminding himself of his conclusion that the privilege of educating the sons of the royal house had been conferred on this school because it was uniquely endowed with a philosophy which informed all its actions and made it equal to the task . |
| 29 | The Department of Education and Science therefore took over the enlarged responsibilities of the Ministry created by Butler in 1944 , and Quintin Hogg ( who had divested himself of his peerage in the hope of succeeding Macmillan as Prime Minister ) became the first Secretary of State . |
| 30 | Finally , what is the position if , in the case of a terminally ill minor , incapable himself of making any request , the doctor is asked by the parent or guardian to discontinue treatment ? |