Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] himself in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The section does not specifically empower the policeman to give directions as to how the actor should conduct himself in the future ( as by leaving the spot ) . |
| 2 | First , however , he must prove himself in the hardest job of his life . |
| 3 | He might lose himself in the books sometimes , but he might find the Key there , too . |
| 4 | In doing so he might find himself in the company of evolutionary epistemologists such as Riedl ( 1979 ) , whose over-arching theory of life as an ‘ erkenntnisgewinnender prozess ’ seems to require a unitary notion of knowledge or information , information that can be stored in a genome at one end of the evolutionary spectrum , as well as be expressed , at the other end , by scientific theories that make the world a less strange place to live in . |
| 5 | He could see himself in the garden with Fraulein Simonis , investigating those dark eyes at closer quarters . |
| 6 | Accounts also tell how he used to lock himself in the church all night . |
| 7 | Sometimes he would forget himself in the beauty of their flight , not understanding why people would come to see him and the other miserable eagles caged and confined and not seem to even notice the gulls and bold black rooks soaring freely and so beautifully above their heads . |
| 8 | If he was n't careful he would find himself in the dungeon — or dead . |
| 9 | Another who may find himself in the same situation will call upon all his inner resources in his efforts to deal with the problem . |
| 10 | Although accountants may be on hand , the surveyor at partner level in a growing practice , or one of a substantial size , may find himself in the anomalous situation of spending the major part of his time on management for which he received no training rather than on technical matters , in which he is expert . |