Example sentences of "himself under " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speelman , with the black pieces , found himself under pressure after Timman produced a new idea late in a Queen 's Gambit . |
| 2 | PRAGUE — An influential Czechoslovak economist , whose criticisms of the country 's stagnation have achieved cult status , returned from the Soviet Union to find his department dissolved and himself under threat of dismissal , writes Edward Lucas . |
| 3 | I could conclude only that he was finding the job too big for him , and was himself under stress , which he relieved by persecuting a subordinate who was particularly vulnerable . |
| 4 | At the time Jeanne was fascinated by Foujita , the diminutive Japanese artist , who wore gold ear-rings to set off his owl-shaped face and a toga he had woven himself under the influence of Raymond Duncan 's Greek worship . |
| 5 | On Monday 22 December , George Grimsdale found himself under pressure . |
| 6 | Walking , cycling and swimming are healthy exercise which can help keep the patient 's blood pressure down , if he does them sensibly , without putting himself under undue pressure . |
| 7 | The surveyor responsible will then find himself under increasing pressure as the build-up of back-log work overrides current planned work . |
| 8 | It symbolized that he was putting himself under the protection of the saint , the patron of his kingdom ; but it also revealed the sort of anomaly which had entered the feudal hierarchy . |
| 9 | Delaney flung himself under a deep shelf supporting life rafts , rolling and rolling as the crab-like hand came after him , moving sideways , just missing his leg . |
| 10 | Or again , someone may honestly put himself under the lordship of Christ yet at the same time adhere to a Christian lifestyle or espouse Christian values which by temperament or nationality he would be likely to appreciate anyway . |
| 11 | A SEX pest who stalked TV weathergirl Ulrika Jonsson died after throwing himself under an express train , it was revealed last night . |
| 12 | ‘ He threw himself under us , he must have done . ’ |
| 13 | Last year , Amnesty mounted a huge campaign against human rights abuses in Morocco , and King Hassan found himself under increasing pressure to make some sort of response . |
| 14 | He did not return to England as the advocate of a new political ideal , but as a man who was himself under a new obligation of obedience . |
| 15 | Myeloski eventually asked , when he had brought himself under control . |
| 16 | ‘ Because he looked about ready to throw himself under a car . ’ |
| 17 | First , everybody in a well-run organization should feel himself under some pressure . |
| 18 | In his commentary on Psalm 136:7 he observed that the Holy Spirit ‘ had no intention to teach astronomy ’ but had used popular language ‘ that none might shelter himself under the pretext of obscurity . ’ |
| 19 | For really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live , as the greatest he ; and therefore truly , sir , I think it 's clear , that every man that is to live under a government ought first by his own consent to put himself under that government ; and I do think that the poorest man in England is not at all bound in a strict sense to that government that he hath not had a voice to put himself under ; … ( p. 53 ) |
| 20 | Elected by the STV an MP would soon find himself under the same necessity as his Irish counterpart to maximize his local popularity at all costs . |
| 21 | The field linguist , engaged in radical translation , asks himself under what conditions the natives would assent to a given occasion sentence S , and under what conditions they would dissent . |
| 22 | He designed a series of posters including one of Branson himself under the caption ‘ No One is Innocent ’ , an another bearing a swastika made of cannabis leaves , the Virgin logo and what had become a Sex Pistols ' slogan , ‘ Never trust a hippie ’ . |
| 23 | She came in five minutes later , just as he had brought himself under control , and quietly slipped into his bed . |
| 24 | Billie crawled over to Adam , who was still yelling loudly , and knelt next to him , waiting for him to bring himself under control . |
| 25 | Never about bad cards , of course , he was much too professional for that , never about the fall of the dice in backgammon ; he had himself under control — just — when his bridge partner made a miscalculation and played unnecessarily into an opponent 's finesse . |
| 26 | It occurred to Cassie that he was keeping himself under an unnatural control , like a muzzled animal . |
| 27 | After they had been served , Rupert found himself under fire again . |
| 28 | ( Later in the same version of the myth Attis castrates himself under a pine tree . |
| 29 | Once a vendor has consulted he may find himself under moral pressure from his employees to complete as soon as possible and hopefully re-establish certainty for them over their future . |
| 30 | He can protect himself under Ord 33 , r4A by making a written offer to accept liability up to a specified proportion , which can be brought to the attention of the judge after he has decided the liability issue at trial . |