Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] himself [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even now he says he was surprised by the appointment , which caused him to make himself unavailable for the British Lions ' tour of South Africa . |
| 2 | Let him shout himself hoarse out there , I 'd say , but there 's more . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Get the good word to him if you so please , ’ he said amiably , ‘ and let him make himself scarce . |
| 4 | The real Mr Barnet , of course , is Fry himself , who says he gave himself more chance of being hit by a sniper 's bullet than getting his job back . |
| 5 | When he was not flying he kept himself busy by designing and building his own fighter with parts ‘ cannibalised ’ from scrapped and battle damaged aircraft . |
| 6 | He needed it to keep himself afloat at home . |
| 7 | All the same , I feel he found himself disappointed as well as surprised ; for his study had inveigled him into a trap . |
| 8 | He walked down the staircase , his shoulders bowed as if by a great weight , and Kate saw him pull himself erect . |