Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] himself [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is this the only area in which the former chairman has left himself open to potential conflicts of interest . |
| 2 | Viol had made himself obvious today ; and presumably he would have done the same on other occasions . |
| 3 | The ‘ whistlation ’ lasted four days , as the pioneer had to repeat himself 808 million times , until someone realised he was whistling the words , ‘ this is just going to be a short whistle because I have very sore throat . ’ |
| 4 | The wily president had showed himself capable of taking action while others were just bickering . |
| 5 | ‘ Simon went to get himself some shirts made . |
| 6 | They left him bound and gagged and fled with the night 's takings of six hundred pounds.For four hours Alan struggled to cut himself free . |
| 7 | On entering the dining room , Hope had manoeuvred himself next to Miss D'Arcy and given her to understand that he was overwhelmed at the self-control of her behaviour in the face of such insensitivity as that displayed by the over-enthusiastic Mrs Crump who , nevertheless and for the sake of harmony , had to be tolerated — if not forgiven . |
| 8 | Mr Browning had expressed himself surprised that she had failed to recognise and acknowledge the consideration for herself and her well-being which had influenced their decision about Ferdinando . |
| 9 | Still , one could not help but feel that with Last Supper Frank had sold himself short . |
| 10 | On that basis , Livesey had done himself proud . |
| 11 | To cope with the aftershock , Mr Perez has made himself unpopular by bringing in painful economic reforms . |
| 12 | The same has happened at the Department of the Environment : Christopher Patten has conducted himself this week as the antithesis of an ideologue . |
| 13 | Stephen has shown himself capable thus far . ’ |
| 14 | He was the man who held the drawstrings to the Shah 's own private fortune , amassed at home and abroad since the Shah had found himself penniless in his first exile in 1953 . |
| 15 | I wish that the hon. Gentleman had made himself familiar with the two judgments in the case — those of Mr. Justice Simon Brown and of the Master of the Rolls . |
| 16 | He kept making desperate swimming movements , feebly threshing the water trying to pull himself free . |
| 17 | In the last year , Henderson has proved himself more than a mere economic indicator by giving Lord Hanson a drubbing before he had even formally launched a takeover bid for ICI . |
| 18 | Young had proved himself such a person as assistant social worker with the deaf in Edinburgh . |
| 19 | God was Goodness : He was Justice : Christ had shown himself humble even unto death . |
| 20 | But every great competition fighter has asked himself those very questions . |
| 21 | Leaving his wife to clear up all the dishes , Mr Jones went to get himself ready for a good game of cards with his friends from work . |
| 22 | God looks down at this cooperative effort of man trying to make himself god-like , and sees it as the beginning of worse rebellion against him . |
| 23 | Fred Clasper had shouted himself hoarse in his frenzied efforts to persuade the vociferous gathering of several thousand employees from the strike-bound Merseyside vehicle plant to continue the strike until management climbed down and re-instated the sacked shop steward . |
| 24 | Richie had poured himself another whisky and soda . |
| 25 | Instead , within seven years , Hepworth had declared himself bankrupt and Stoll had withdrawn from the production business , having lost some £200,000 from its various production ventures . |
| 26 | The 35-year-old St Helens pack star has declared himself available for next month 's World Cup Final against the Aussies . |
| 27 | As his opponent re-checked his position , Hill whipped the ball out to Rob Andrew having brought himself that extra second of time . |
| 28 | Jay gripped , burrowed her head in Lucy 's belly : here so safe and wanted inside her beloved Jeremy had grown ; her brow nudged Lucy 's breasts , where Jeremy had sucked himself full and strong , where she had found a contentment warm as summer wind across white sands ; here she had swum easy as a seal , crystal seas halcyon over her head . |
| 29 | Shane 's bought himself another car . |
| 30 | The difference being that Laing was alive and living in London and Inner Space , while Reich had killed himself fifteen years before in the United States . |