Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] himself to the " in BNC.
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1 | This being impossible , the next thing to be wished for is that , at every instant , seeing reason to believe as much , and not being able to satisfy himself to the contrary , he should conceive himself to be so " ( emphasis in original ) . |
2 | Nevertheless , it is likely that he was quick to accommodate himself to the victor and to profit from a new source of patronage . |
3 | During 1860–2 he had found his title and ideas for some of the leading incidents , including the story of a young man feigning death and living with an assumed identity , but was unable to set himself to the writing until the autumn of 1863 , when he determined not to begin publication until he had 5 numbers in hand , since he was now writing so slowly , with care and with difficulty . |
4 | He returned to England on succeeding his father as second Baron Northwick in 1800 , and was able to devote himself to the formation of the collection for which Northwick Park became famous . |
5 | It was n't , however , until summer had faded that he could at last feel he was his own man again and was able to address himself to the present . |