Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [verb] himself [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 During the months of recuperation and the months of rediscovering himself as a changed person , a quick-tempered , irritable person , nervous and hypochondriacal , Tom thought of sex and love as remote concepts that were not for him , that were ridiculous for him to consider .
2 But he 'd shown definite signs of resigning himself to the situation — until her arrival downstairs after breakfast .
3 In his memoirs , Wilson makes no bones of placing himself in the line of succession of Baldwin , Churchill and Macmillan .
4 Wally was awarded the job for his bravery in receiving extensive brain surgery after years of concussing himself on the crossbar .
5 In terms of identifying himself with the peoples suffering it was a disaster .
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