Example sentences of "to himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three minutes into the second-half the non-Leaguers ' obligatory fireman , Mottashed , instead of shooting himself in the foot , set fire to himself with a jittery own goal and Loram shortly made it 3-1 , deader than dead . |
| 2 | The government had plenty of dope on Mr Dixon , who drew attention to himself with his lavish style of life , including a fleet of fancy jets and fast cars , and a two-week tour of fine French restaurants . |
| 3 | He blinked , and came to himself with a start . |
| 4 | All the men on the camp were housed in brick built barrack blocks , and J. even had a little room to himself with a radiator . |
| 5 | Manville nodded to himself with satisfaction . |
| 6 | What is more , the narrator can be seen to strike a ridiculous pose within this text in a way supposedly omitted from the Anglo-Norman fabliaux : drawing attention to himself with his unnecessary , insincere or ignored apostrophes . |
| 7 | Another chap , he 's a big name in a church in Buckley he was a an old neighbour of ours and I never liked cos he used to himself with a bowler hat on they are only back twenty years , you know , bowler hats ! |
| 8 | Apparently acting in protest at the economic blockade , a 52-year-old Lithuanian factory worker , Stanislovas Zhamaitis , committed suicide by setting fire to himself outside the Bolshoi Theatre in the centre of Moscow on April 26 . |
| 9 | A man has set fire to himself outside the Houses of Parliament in protest at the Bosnian situation . |
| 10 | Mr Chittenden set fire to himself outside the United Friendly offices in Clemence House , Werburgh Street , Chester , where his ex-girlfriend works . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , he never lets anyone over the door and he sees to himself for the most part . |
| 12 | ‘ Bet Rachel 's ‘ avin ’ a good laugh , ’ he muttered wryly to himself for not only had he volunteered for fire-watching duties , but he had also volunteered the services of Dobbs and the cart since there was news of petrol rationing . |
| 13 | Mr. Edmonds has been talking to himself for years … now everyone listens |
| 14 | Mr Williams had no bank account and received a crossed cheque marked ‘ not negotiable ’ payable to himself for £15 . |
| 15 | He read to himself for a few minutes while William perused the review section , but his agitation could not long be contained in silence . |
| 16 | Denis cursed to himself for his indiscretion . |
| 17 | Huy decided to keep what he had learnt about Iritnefert to himself for the moment . |
| 18 | Act 1 scene 7. in which he is laying down the reasons to himself for not killing the king he even admits to himself that his ambition is very powerful ‘ vaulting ambition ’ . |
| 19 | The user has attempted to submit his package to himself for approval . |
| 20 | Nigel did n't appear to notice her lack of ardour , but went blithely on about having the house to himself for the weekend , so there was going to be a party , and he 'd come and fetch her — |
| 21 | ‘ Be quiet , child , ’ said Philip , laying a hand restrainingly on Harry 's arm , though he would have preferred to lay it about his ears if he could have had him to himself for a moment . |
| 22 | But , and then he , he 's like , we left him on the sofa and said oh Mark we 'll be back in a minute , like , turned all the lights off hoping he 'll like pass out you could just hear him like laughing to himself for another like twenty minutes and we 're |
| 23 | In 1899 he was a guest at the Wesleyan Methodist Conference and caused the normally sombre gathering to explode in laughter : the speaker before him had referred to himself as ‘ a humble Presbyterian ’ . |
| 24 | Inspired by this success , Sylvestra embarked on more which grew into an exhibition ‘ including one commissioned by Julian Glover of him and his dresser — a colourful character known as Black Mac , and one of David Bradley talking to himself as Justice Shallow in Henry IV Part 2 . |
| 25 | Mr. J.F. Cooper earned a Report to himself as Town Clerk , when winning the Lovell Trophy out of 34 entries . |
| 26 | He repeats it to himself as if he has trouble lodging it in his mind . |
| 27 | The former health secretary brushed aside talk of a demotion by referring to himself as the new Minister for Majorism . |
| 28 | He mockingly referred to himself as Sir Tone and said : ‘ My wife is much more thrilled about it than I am . |
| 29 | The Maggot referred to himself as a ‘ good old country boy ’ which description provoked Ellen , who could not stand the sight of him , to comment that John Maggovertski was to country what the serpent was to Eden . |
| 30 | He kept himself to himself as a rule , except for meals : attended what lectures he chose , and cut the rest . |