Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [verb] himself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What remained of the morning was to be spent acclimatising himself to the deaf-aid receiver and learning how to pace himself with the A.S.M. who was going to feed the lines . |
| 2 | Germany 's captain Nikki Pilic , who had barely put the debacle surrounding Germany 's Olympic nominations behind him , came in for criticism for not resting Becker from the second day 's doubles , especially after he had been forced to play himself into the ground to beat Luis Mattar over five sets in exhausting heat on the first day . |
| 3 | Increasingly man is being urged to launch himself into the barely-explored regions of his innermost self in ‘ crafts ’ which are often unstable . |
| 4 | The wasp has no other effect on the environment and the bumble bee is left to busy himself among the plants , pollinating the flowers in a naturally effective way . |
| 5 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 6 | In Wales also Gloucester was expected to set himself at the head of existing officials . |
| 7 | In 1415 , Hus was summoned to defend himself at the Council of Constance , having been assured of a safe conduct by the emperor Sigismund . |
| 8 | At the final moment he was forced to cast himself into the Realm of Chaos to avoid final and utter death . |
| 9 | It was late on Friday evening — Friday , May 9 , 1941 — and he was ordered to present himself at the office at ten past seven in the morning . |
| 10 | Significantly , however , this ritual was not allowed to take place within the sacred precincts : the animal was burned whole ‘ outside the camp ’ , its blood was not offered at the altar but burned along with the carcass , and the officiating priest was required to cleanse himself after the sacrifice . |