Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] himself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then walked into a bedroom and shot himself in the chest . |
| 2 | ‘ And have n't you heard the Scriptures saying that a man should tie a millstone round his neck and throw himself in the sea sooner than abuse a little child ? ’ |
| 3 | Dean climbed off the roof and let himself into the car the way he had come . |
| 4 | He flung the bedcovers off and stood up , shaking and staring wildly into the darkness , trying to identify the threat , knowing it had to be the Corsican and bracing himself for the shotgun blast that would cut him in half , disembowel him , blow his head off , send it bouncing across the floor of the bedroom . |
| 5 | He walked round the back of the car and busied himself with the boot . |
| 6 | Tesselmann grabbed at the handle of the freight car and hauled himself off the ground , his legs swinging precariously in the air as he tried to clasp his other hand around the handle . |
| 7 | Rex thrust Laura into the back of the car and threw himself into the driver 's seat . |
| 8 | When such a man came down from Olympus and applied himself to the problems of Africa , his voice was heard . |
| 9 | Hector , distressed , gave a whimper and hid himself in the skirts of his chosen protectress . |
| 10 | It was painful , beautiful and obscure , a not uncommon state of affairs when the creator also directs , gives a running commentary on the action and writes himself into the story at the end . |
| 11 | Perhaps the man was excited because he saw the chance of making more money , Kirov rejected , in the hope that reminding himself of the mercenary side of the Jew 's character might make his job a little easier . |
| 12 | In more than one crunch game when the pressure was off and the ball was in the opposition 's half , Frank would climb on to the bar and endear himself to the Celtic faithful by pretending to sleep on the woodwork . |
| 13 | He and Mr Fletcher sat at the table and Willie took one of the mugs and perched himself on the stool in front of the range . |
| 14 | ‘ Toddler fallen out of an upstairs window and impaled himself on the railings . |
| 15 | He summoned all the archbishops and bishops who were with him in Sicily and flung himself to the ground at their feet . |
| 16 | Trent passed it up along with his weightbelt , slipped off his flippers and mask , dropped them over the taffrail and pulled himself into the cockpit . |
| 17 | — Could he have survived the fall and dragged himself to the position where he was found ? — This seemed the most likely explanation . |
| 18 | Miles crossed decisively to the starpod , unsealed the hatch and swung himself into the cabin , smiling as it snuggled shut behind him with a soft pneumatic wheeze . |
| 19 | Athelstan rose quickly , said a hasty prayer and washed himself in the freezing water from a cracked pewter jug . |
| 20 | I was particularly taken by Patricia Routledge , unmistakeable even looking through a letter box , and by Lionel Jeffries for his affecting rendition of : The troops are ready to mutiny , The colonel is missing or dead , When up steps a bold , young lieutenant And places himself at the head . |
| 21 | In some cases , the author seeks to disguise his presence and distances himself from the narrative by employing techniques such as interior monologue , dialogue and intermediaries , which simultaneously highlight the subjective nature of the material presented and create the impression of an autonomous narration . |
| 22 | Lio ! rt gasped at the sudden turn of speed with which the wizard had dodged his killing stroke and , with that desperation only available to the really terrified , Rincewind uncoiled like a snake and launched himself across the space between them . |
| 23 | He is suffering from the consequences of this accident and reproaches himself for the distress the family of the child is being put through . |
| 24 | He removed his jacket , trousers , shirt , tie and underclothes and studied himself in the mirror . |
| 25 | This desire to accommodate the life of the spirit in everyday activities is finely illustrated by the Latin instructions in a fifteenth-century manuscript as to how a devout layman should regulate his daily life , from his rising with all swiftness and signing himself with the cross , to his final return to bed when he must go to sleep in the uncertainty , salutary from a penitential , if not somnific , point of view , as to whether he will survive until the morrow . |
| 26 | On the question of the rule of law and observance of the rule of law — this is a very important matter ; Ministers are subject to the laws of the land and to enforcing the rule of law — the Master of the Rolls said : ’ He ’ — that is , the Home Secretary — ’ has disavowed any intention to act in defiance of an order of the court or to hold himself above the law . ’ |
| 27 | Each story contains a different claim by Jesus that set himself against the religious leaders and pointed to the new way of Christianity : |
| 28 | It was established that individual pathetic character once and forever by tying one end of his pocket handkerchief to a hook on , in the wall and attaching himself to the other to the performance , to , to the performance of this feat however the pocket handkerchief inside had been all he , he only cried bitterly all day and when the longest nights came on he spread his little hand before his eyes to shut out the darkness and crouching in the corner tried to sleep , everyone drawing himself closer and closer to the wall |
| 29 | He put a foot to the stirrup and swung himself into the saddle . |
| 30 | In France the representative bureaucrat involved in space has had an elite technical or scientific education and sees himself as the partner and motivator of the innovative businessman . |