Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] himself [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only recently he 'd bought more land off the Roscarrocks ( who were selling to pay their church fines ) and built himself a new house made of ship 's beams and red brick , with upstairs rooms , a panelled hall , latticed windows and six curly chimneys . |
| 2 | There was a gulph [ sic ] between slavery and freedom which could neither be filled up nor closed over and across which the slave must leap ere he alighted on the other side and found himself a free man . |
| 3 | He had little success , however , in his efforts to persuade the Dutch that Sukarno was a man with whom they could do business and found himself a reluctant pig in the middle , reviled by one side as a fascist imperialist and by the other as an irresponsible revolutionary . |
| 4 | When there were not games he disappeared into the library and found himself the only person in the building . |
| 5 | Tonight he had been immersed in scenes of Mafia violence and found himself the next moment slumped in the Chesterfield staring at silver snow on the screen . |
| 6 | Mr Flood was silent and blessed himself a great deal when he heard the news . |
| 7 | When he was gone Klaus Ebert went across to the decanter and poured himself a second brandy . |
| 8 | Carrying the telephone with him , he walked into the kitchen and poured himself a small whisky . |
| 9 | He walked back into the lounge , picked up a bottle half full with scotch , and poured himself a liberal glass full . |
| 10 | He found the bottle of Southern Comfort and poured himself a large measure . |
| 11 | Charles went back on his resolution and poured himself a large Bell 's . |
| 12 | Tony arrived home and poured himself a large whisky . |
| 13 | He slammed the phone down and allowed himself a small smile . |
| 14 | He upended each of them in turn and allowed himself a grim little smile of satisfaction when a squirming scorpion tumbled from one of them . |
| 15 | The second time I 've sat like this , he thought , and allowed himself a wry smile . |
| 16 | Bishop felt the slight weight of a simularity crystal in the pocket of his robe and allowed himself an inward smile . |
| 17 | Edgar Linton was still in love with her , and thought himself the happiest man on earth when he married her three years after his parents ' death . |
| 18 | Shep got up and gave himself a good stretch . |
| 19 | D'Arcy stood back from the patient and lit himself a small cigar . |
| 20 | Seve hit a great tee-shot and left himself an eight-foot putt . |
| 21 | As a batsman he made 3,882 runs at a modest average , but showed himself a robust tail-ender when it mattered . |