Example sentences of "[verb] himself [prep] the same " in BNC.

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1 And within six years , wanting to register ( in The Criter - ion for 1934 ) the distinction of Binyon 's version of the Inferno despite its consistent inversions of prosaic word order , Pound found himself in the same situation , having to contend with those who had learned too well or too inflexibly the lessons he himself had taught them :
2 The gulls can see the help and benefit they receive from Iago 's service , but can not see , or conceive , that Iago could be benefiting himself at the same time ; and no one could possibly see that Iago is in fact benefiting himself by destroying them .
3 It was awful , he spoke so awkwardly , he always has to say things in a roundabout way , he always has to justify himself at the same time .
4 Now he finds himself in the same position as his predecessor — a relative conservative whose time is past .
5 Because what Niki was doing-the subject was Niki 's contract and terms for 1977 — was putting himself on the same level as Enzo .
6 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 .
7 Another who may find himself in the same situation will call upon all his inner resources in his efforts to deal with the problem .
8 Off the field , he conducted himself with the same composure and dignity as he did whenever he pulled on the white shirt of England or the claret and blue of West Ham .
9 Urquhart held himself with the same appealing forcefulness as when he walked .
10 Brutus also says that he will also kill himself with the same sword as he killed Caesar with , when the country wishes him to .
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