Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [verb] himself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was speculation that in distancing himself from the Khmers Rouges , Sihanouk was acting with the approval of the Chinese government . |
| 2 | The only mishap was that in forcing himself through the gap , he nudged the twig and the falling window struck him on the head . |
| 3 | He had borrowed a car from one of his colleagues , and he felt hot , sweaty and uncertain of himself , having had to spend more time mastering the crate 's uncertain ways than in preparing himself for the meeting to come . |
| 4 | Is it not also a fact that in this case it is clear that , if the Court of Appeal believes that he had no intention of flouting a court order and of putting himself above the law , that should be good enough for the rest of us ? |
| 5 | However , he did so without conceding a share in his legitimacy to the Resistance inside France and without confining himself to the role of the Resistance 's leader . |
| 6 | In his turn , Tran Van Hieu knelt to perform the same silent acts of obeisance as the older man , but after prostrating himself for the third time , he remained on his knees and to his children 's surprise began to pray aloud . |