Example sentences of "not [vb pp] himself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part IV : income from property of which the settlor has not divested himself absolutely |
| 2 | If Roberts had not given himself up , the offence would have remained undetected . |
| 3 | Despite the fact that he had not committed himself to the rising until the last moment , he was quickly consolidating the initiative he had taken in Morocco and was emerging as its sole leader . |
| 4 | In London , even if a case were delayed because a witness had not presented himself or the judge was ill , there was always plenty of work waiting for her in chambers . |
| 5 | From a very early date we witness the introduction of tales and links that Chaucer had not written himself , and reorganizations of the order of the tales . |
| 6 | Whitlock , who has been at the centre of the storm , has not made himself available to take part . |
| 7 | Perhaps Lucker has not made himself visible enough to justify the cost . |
| 8 | I hope that he now applies himself to them , because he has not applied himself to the rest of his portfolio . |
| 9 | Sir Bernard 's many friends will fear he has not done himself justice . |
| 10 | The one to feel it most is Wright , and Taylor said : ‘ He probably feels he has not done himself justice when he 's played . |
| 11 | The touch judge is allowed to inform the referee of any act of foul play that the referee has or has not seen himself . |
| 12 | The work begins in classic Hegelian style : ‘ Mental life begins with an undifferentiated state in which the Ego and its objects are not yet distinguished ; consciousness is filled with impressions and perceptions while the bearer of these contents has still not detached himself from them ’ ( 1978 : 63 ) . |
| 13 | This had been Jesus ' gospel ; it concerned the Father only , not the Son — for Jesus had not proclaimed himself . |
| 14 | Relieved that he had apparently not betrayed himself and yet wishing that she had not moved away from him , David told her about the history of the old Jewish quarter of Venice . |
| 15 | He felt confused beneath Cornelius 's unwavering stare , unsure whether he had not betrayed himself by patting his pocket to check if the photographs were still there . |
| 16 | He 's not got himself sorted out , Tim . |
| 17 | He had not thought himself so chivalrous . |
| 18 | He has been convicted of crime , and we shall assume for the moment that he has not behaved himself within the meaning of these words . |
| 19 | Baroness Hooper 's letter states on the first page with regard to student loans : ‘ Students are not obliged to take up a loan if they do not need to do so and indeed Jeffrey has not availed himself of the facility . ’ |
| 20 | Shearer has not proved himself yet and has a long way to go . ’ |
| 21 | It is difficult to believe that the submission , valuable for the record and indeed used by Baldwin in his House of Commons speech the following afternoon , would have been sent had Baldwin not satisfied himself the night before what the answer would be . |
| 22 | It was possible that he , too , had not troubled himself with thoughts of her real life until he had seen her in the garden with Ben . |
| 23 | It was Boyle 's contention that if William Harvey had not asked himself about the purpose of valves in the veins , he might well not have discovered the circulation of the blood . |
| 24 | For the merest instant , some final , irreducible unit of desire , he had glimpsed a feeling , an urge within himself he had not imagined himself capable of , but now this tiny , standard piece of information , these few letters , had switched his hopes off like some cheap light bulb . |
| 25 | He had entered parliament in 1900 , twenty-six years after Balfour , he had held no Cabinet post , he had taken no active role in party institutions , and he had not involved himself much in the social world of Westminster . |
| 26 | Despite the fact that he had apparently not put himself out overmuch to get home , he was given a hero 's welcome in Polperro . |
| 27 | If he had not forced himself to smile back it would have been easier . |
| 28 | He had not allowed himself enough time for Fairfax . |
| 29 | Hall said afterwards that he had not realized himself capable of such sustained accurate bowling , but kept at it simply because Worrell wanted him to ; he also said that he was physically and mentally shattered at the end of it . |
| 30 | He has not paid himself a proper wage for four months . |