Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] himself in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Hopkins , " an old crony of Wilson 's and a newcomer , a volunteer " sky pilot " who clad himself in semi-clerical , semi-nautical garb consisting of a discreet black habit with a seaman 's jersey and a gold crucifix " , he evidently had nothing but contempt . |
| 2 | It is still with a sense of amazement at the flights of human inanity that Ruth Michaelis relates the experience of her brother Martin , who found himself in serious trouble with his foster family : |
| 3 | This seems to tie in closely with the Eliot who pronounced himself in 1928 ‘ to refute any accusation of playing ’ possum … classicist in literature , royalist in politics , and anglo-catholic in religion , The similarities are made more comprehensible in the 1930 essay , ‘ Baudelaire ’ , where he sees Baudelaire 's Satanism as ‘ an attempt to get into Christianity by the back door . |
| 4 | If we should wish to tell you how every one behaved himself in this battle , it is a thing which could not be done , for all did so well that no man can relate their feats . |
| 5 | He hugged himself in self-pity as we took in this alien race dressed with an abandonment and originality we 'd never imagined possible . |
| 6 | He looked too big for the room as he seated himself in one of the armchairs . |
| 7 | He was a fanatical fisherman , and here on the borders of Galway and Mayo he found himself in some of the best fishing waters in Europe . |
| 8 | He found himself in enormous buildings , with a labyrinth of rooms , and he was lost in the pile . |
| 9 | And if he involved himself in military activity , he would simply have been discharging the martial duty expected of him as royal liberator . |
| 10 | Then he knew where she was — or would be , moments after he committed himself in one direction : behind him . |
| 11 | David Snow settles for 65 species including one , the grey-winged cotinga , which he discovered himself in 1980 . |
| 12 | When a woman entered the room T J H Laurence , as he signed himself in typical British stiff-upper-lip fashion , would immediately stand up , his old-fashioned courtesy drawing amused glances from classmates . |
| 13 | Lunch was provided in a cafeteria and tea in a common room — an environment which sounds uncomfortably similar to that of more youthful days , and in fact he signed himself in one letter as " Advanced Student " . |
| 14 | He interested himself in fiscal , banking , and trade policy . |
| 15 | In Leeds meanwhile he interested himself in educational ventures and became widely known for public service . |
| 16 | Philip Larkin had already published two novels — Jill ( 1946 ) and A Girl in Winter ( 1947 ) — before he established himself in 1955 , with The Less Deceived , as the best poet of his generation ; and John Osborne 's first play ever to reach the public theatre , Look Back in Anger ( 1956 ) , was written by an actor untouched by academia who had been writing for several years and a stranger to all of them . |
| 17 | But he conducts himself in all situations with a dignity not one whit lessened by his shortness . |
| 18 | As soon as a character walks through the green and yellow arch from area 61 , he finds himself in this vast stagnant bog . |
| 19 | When he had received news that morning from Teheran via Geneva that the ship he had chartered had gone missing , he indulged himself in genuine anger . |
| 20 | Peter , unable to bear such a pedestrian first appointment ( he saw himself in those days as a fervent worker priest ) , chafed almost from their arrival . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not saying there 's more culture in our family and that Eric plays football as well so that makes us more interesting , I 'm just saying he expresses himself in one way and also in another and we do n't want to be criticised for that . ’ |
| 22 | He puts himself in good light by adding that he gripped me tightly round the shoulders in reassurance , that he gave me brandy , that we talked long after the starlings had ceased their chatter , that we walked down into the street and discussed in jogging stride what guilt or shame or desire could do to the human soul . |
| 23 | For if he considers himself in some small way a specialist , not only can he spend a good proportion of his time teaching what he likes and probably , therefore , understands better , but he also has more of a chance of keeping up to date on his chosen subjects , particularly if he has support , as many of the teachers I observed had , from local subject advisers , associations or selective in-service programmes . |
| 24 | Bathed in a delicate self-importance , he held himself in high esteem as the bearer of one of Italy 's oldest titles . |
| 25 | He immersed himself in all things western , surrounded by Russian-trained professors and visiting composers — Alexander Goehr , Henze , George Crumb , Takemitsu . |
| 26 | At the same time he immersed himself in public service beyond as well as within the Jewish and Anglo-Jewish worlds . |