Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] himself in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The film sped up as Cameron ran out of the building , still in his tailcoat , and tried to lose himself in the streets around the Barbican . |
| 2 | We we well we 'd love to be able to get get on with our job and er wi with far less interference than we receive at the moment but er when government insists on er on interfering to the extent it does an and there have been well I 've been reading recently so something like five hundred new powers the Education Secretary has given himself in the in over the last last few years . |
| 3 | The student needs to immerse himself in the performance of a kata in order to release his emotions . |
| 4 | He has shot himself in the arm . |
| 5 | Dougal tried to immerse himself in The Journal of a Fallen Angel . |
| 6 | One scholar has found himself in the awkward position of having to describe William Falconer , author of The Shipwreck , as ‘ a peasant of the sea ’ . |
| 7 | Who in drunken rage tried to hang himself in the orchard . |
| 8 | Nigel has put himself in the right place , and there 's no doubt about that . ’ |
| 9 | Atkinson stepped in to sign the 21-year-old 12 months ago and he has established himself in the Villa side ahead of Nigel Spink . |
| 10 | The Scottish selectors , however , rated his prime potential value to Scotland as a prop and the genial giant is in the process of seeking to establish himself in the tighthead position . |
| 11 | Do n't you think that maybe it was just a teeny-weeny bit curious or stupid or disgusting that Morrissey should choose to wrap himself in the flag ? |
| 12 | But he 'd trained himself in the craft of grief with the same commitment to feigning humanity as he had learning to shiver ; his tutor , the Bard ; Lear his favourite lesson . |
| 13 | At no time during his life did Vincent show any sign of wanting to involve himself in the socialist movements of his day . |
| 14 | But in almost all instances lie recovered himself in the process of revision , took out the passages which were rhythmically inert or altered words and images which did not sustain the underlying cadence and structure . |
| 15 | This will also apply where the child intends to represent himself in the proceedings and is capable of doing so . |
| 16 | Yes , he had been to the Tower himself several times but did not like it there and still less did he like exposing himself in the Waste . |
| 17 | James realised he was going to have to live with a monster when he began to immerse himself in the part of Sir Clifford . |
| 18 | He enjoyed educating himself in the things he wanted to know about . |
| 19 | He should have placed himself in the middle between Laura and Maggie he thought . |
| 20 | Because of the growing publicity surrounding his movements , he decided to lose himself in the crowd , going in through the turnstiles and watching the player from the terraces . |
| 21 | Even a trial separation from Barnet was too much for Fry , who says that he could n't have looked himself in the mirror if he 'd refused to come back . |
| 22 | ‘ Good , because it seems , ’ said the colonel , placing his monocle up to his left eye , ‘ that Prescott ’ — he studied a buff form on the desk in front of him before continuing ‘ yes , Private Prescott , may have shot himself in the hand in order to avoid facing the enemy . |
| 23 | Comedian Ernie Wise , a next-door-neighbour , said : ‘ Poor old Frank does seem to keep shooting himself in the foot . |
| 24 | He does seem to keep shooting himself in the foot . ’ |
| 25 | After a few minutes had passed a loud scream was heard , for it was an electric oven ; and Alf , with singed hair , ran out of the house , down the street and round the corner where he vaulted the Embankment wall , intending to drown himself in the river but forgetting that it was a low tide . |
| 26 | How convenient of John Major to have put himself in the position of bringing the Maastricht issue to a head — and at the same time virtually assuring a no-confidence vote in the Government — on the day the sun and Saturn are in a tense 90-degree angle to each other . |
| 27 | Ramprakash looked to have established himself in the Test side with a series of fighting knocks against the West Indians in 1991 . |
| 28 | By the age of thirty he had proven himself in the communications industry . |
| 29 | Pete had arranged himself in the passenger seat so that he could get his feet up on the dashboard . |
| 30 | From their own number they chose Bel Shanaar , Prince of Tiranoc , an Elf who had distinguished himself in the war and yet was seen as a voice of peace and reason . |