Example sentences of "himself [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One psychiatrist told the court that after teartment Gore would have to prove himself normal for years before anyone would recommend his release . |
| 2 | Taylor 's slip catching had suddenly become a worry , though he recovered his poise with a good take late in the match , no longer rigid as he threw himself low to his right . |
| 3 | A drink was pressed into his hand , a chair held back and he found himself seated opposite Cornelius by the window , for all the world like some sixth-former seeking advice on whether to go for Oxbridge or the Guards . |
| 4 | An eminent psychologist has remarked that a man in a mood is almost as if in the grip of a small psychosis , and can find himself helpless in the face of it , unless he has trained himself not to identify with it too strongly . |
| 5 | Depressive symptoms are interpreted as abnormal ‘ care-eliciting behaviour ’ — behaviour intended to bring important others closer when a person perceives himself deficient in the receipt of care . |
| 6 | Jules had tactfully made himself scarce on the pretext of work to be done at the new salon and now , two days after his visit to Maythorpe House , Harry was at last able to unburden himself . |
| 7 | It was Marriott who suggested that Stirling should make himself scarce for a while and recommended him to Brigadier Denys Reid . |
| 8 | Benjamin was clearly an ambitious and careful man , neither dissolute nor spendthrift , and was probably very conservative in every way ; he had made himself respectable in Victorian terms , generating enough of a cash surplus by a lifetime of hard work and good fortune to build up that stock of 3 per cent Bank Annuities and accumulate a healthy balance with the London Provident Savings Bank . |
| 9 | In utter darkness , breathing rank air and deafened by the breakers outside , he kept himself alive by groping around for newly hatched swiftlet nestlings and the grubs which thrive in the dung on the cave floor . |
| 10 | One young man , unable to tolerate the thought , burned himself alive in a public square . |
| 11 | The soldierly figure , who , confident and elegant in light tweeds , now walked through it was that genuine article for which Canon Wheeler mistakenly thought himself possible to be taken . |
| 12 | Though Cash is a former champion , he is no longer willing to commit himself full-time to the game . |
| 13 | Mike , born in 1938 , did his national service in the RAF ; after early retirement from a teaching career he devotes himself full-time to his lifelong interest in the organisational and OOB aspects of almost all periods of military and naval history , and offers a paid service to researchers in his field of interest . |
| 14 | Uneasy Landscapes , at the age of 47 , after a successful business career , Eddie Dayan turned to his passion of 25 years and has devoted himself full-time to photography . |
| 15 | Cierva was himself dissatisfied with the required forward run of the aircraft , he wanted vertical lift at take-off . |
| 16 | In the process , according to Belgrade press reports , Arkan made himself rich on looted gold , cars and electronics equipment . |
| 17 | The very latest Cairo tittle-tattle is that President Hosni Mubarak ( who has a reputation for honesty ) has made himself rich by taking a cut from every barrel of oil exported . |
| 18 | Sure , he will have the immediate option to make himself rich by fighting Frank Bruno , though that in itself would diminish the status of the belt . |
| 19 | He could cut himself free on the coral . |
| 20 | The dog was leaping about now , trying to wrench himself free of Lee . |
| 21 | Trent shook himself free of the hands that held him and turned his back on the man . |
| 22 | But someone clutched desperately at his hand , dragging it down , tugging it with astonishing strength and speed away to the side , while Lachlan twisted himself free of Hector 's grip and ducked away . |
| 23 | I ran to see if I could help the traveller , who was swearing furiously as he pulled himself free of his horse . |
| 24 | When Aubrey had accepted one of their many invitations to come on a lengthy visit , it did cross Harry 's mind that his resemblance to his sister might bring back painful memories , but although Aubrey had now been here over a week , he , Harry , had felt no desire to wish himself free of his engagement . |
| 25 | He shook himself free of the hood and pulled the shawl off his head , his face burning in humiliation . |
| 26 | Once they 'd come out of the house , he 'd shaken himself free of the women and had now adopted a surly silence . |
| 27 | He could hardly ease himself free from the great stinking weight . |
| 28 | Ian shook himself free from his bunk , pulled on his flannels and swung himself up the companionway and on to the deck . |
| 29 | Mowbray suddenly shook himself free from his memories . |
| 30 | He shook himself free from his reverie and looked around the chamber . |