Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] himself in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ran a glass under the kitchen tap , then returned to the living room and , looking at himself in the full-length mirror all the while , stood there naked , shaking violently as if with cold , and poured himself and drank three glasses of water without stopping . |
| 2 | He refers to himself in the third person quite frequently , almost as if his stage persona is a separate being . |
| 3 | I 'm meant to be fighting the Germans , not going to a wedding , he said out loud , as he looked at himself in the cracked mirror above the washbasin . |
| 4 | Finally , in February 1470 , the king regranted the offices which Warwick had taken for himself in the previous August , with Gloucester again the main beneficiary . |
| 5 | Finally , in February 1470 , the king regranted the offices which Warwick had taken for himself in the previous August , with Gloucester again the main beneficiary . |
| 6 | She could not know the things he had discovered about himself in the last few days . |
| 7 | ‘ The First Law of Sport : Look doubtfully upon the man who talks of himself in the third person ’ . |