Example sentences of "himself on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The real benefit of reading Baudelaire himself on the art of his contemporaries is the chance of recovering some of the excitement the poet felt . |
| 2 | The review seemed to think that the swinging Sixties contained a readership , among others , that would be shocked by the novel 's candour and scabrousness about sex — ‘ no doubt he has touched himself on the raw . |
| 3 | It was not until Ernest Bloch launched himself on the scene , with Three Jewish Poems in 1913 that ‘ Jewish music ’ per se arrived ; even then it was only half-oriental , half-western in style and colouration . |
| 4 | The custodian of this mood of growing calm was the new Prime Minister , James Callaghan , who imposed himself on the public consciousness as a new Baldwin , the apostle of peace in our time . |
| 5 | This was because human beings worked things out in their minds in terms of concepts and moral rules , and these concepts and rules were not things the individual made for himself on the spur of the moment . |
| 6 | McLeish found himself on the verge of suggesting that a thoroughly unpleasant time in a New York jail might succeed in curing Tristram where all other methods , including exhortation , loving family support and a spell in a comfortable private hospital in Devon , had failed . |
| 7 | Mr Masters enquired , smiting himself on the forehead . |
| 8 | Sandys went off to Washington at the end of January to update himself on the latest US operational thinking and advances in weapon technology . |
| 9 | Flinging himself on the carpet , he buried his head wretchedly in the sofa cushions . |
| 10 | Simon had put Ben onto his lead so that he did n't run back down to the beach and cut himself on the rusty barbed wire . |
| 11 | He seated himself on the cold tiles and picked at their dark dusty colours with one finger . |
| 12 | But in terms of his public image as seen at the time , he had been careful to distance himself from the unpopular anti Jewish terror of the Nazi mobs and had placed himself on the side of legality . |
| 13 | Electoral law does not forbid him from describing himself as Conservative but his rival , Mr Gerry Malone , will describe himself on the ballot paper as The Conservative Party Candidate . |
| 14 | Asked what he would feel like if , on Sunday night , he found himself on the 18th tee tied for the lead , he replied that it could only be a ‘ shattering experience ’ . |
| 15 | Finding himself on the streets , Doisneau felt completely at liberty , and he has remained there ever since . |
| 16 | Trent seated himself on the taffrail . |
| 17 | He felt himself on the edge of hysterical laughter and fought to gain control . |
| 18 | Max Gate , the house Hardy designed for himself on the edge of town , is stranded behind a new roundabout and it is difficult now to imagine him setting out from there to ride along the lanes with Kipling or H. G. Wells . |
| 19 | As Alison disappeared with Irina , Ludens seated himself on the table . |
| 20 | His father was dying , and he himself on the very point of becoming chief of Clan Gillian . |
| 21 | Having made this announcement , my employer put his volumes down on a table , seated himself on the chaise-longue , and stretched out his legs . |
| 22 | He must seek the advice of the wisest money-brokers and buy a pension scheme if he be self-employed ; he must see to it that he does not over-extend himself on the mortgage front ; he must run a motor car that does n't drink petrol like tapwater and wo n't break him every time it needs a service from a franchised dealer ; above all , he must abstain from vicious pleasures — or if he needs must indulge , then he must do so only in moderation . |
| 23 | He weighed himself on the bathroom scales . |
| 24 | So Bobby found himself on the carpet — on the silk dressing gown — and on Rachel ! |
| 25 | Thus Jeffrey found himself on the Island of Sombrero in the Leeward group . |
| 26 | At the same time , Coleridge 's mother in-law , Mrs Fricker , also seemed on the point of death at the house in Oxford Street , Kingsdown , that he had just found for Sara and himself on the north side of the city . |
| 27 | Karelius had stationed himself on the right flank , a little to the rear of those in the very forefront . |
| 28 | However , God Himself dealt with that barrier when God the Son , Jesus Christ , came to earth and sacrifice Himself on the Cross of Calvary to pay the penalty for the sins of others . |
| 29 | But it is often assumed that so doing is to be following in the footsteps of Marx , when he gave his example of luxury goods production , basing himself on the premise that the sub-department lib produced only goods for capitalist consumption . |
| 30 | FURLANETTO PRIDES HIMSELF ON THE range of work which he chooses to undertake , particularly recently when he recorded the ‘ other ’ Don Giovanni by Gazzaniga ( see ‘ Opera Reviews ’ in this issue ) . |