Example sentences of "[noun sg] by [verb] himself [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brin Weare fooled the enemy by disguising himself as a priest . |
| 2 | Brin Weare fooled the enemy by disguising himself as a priest . |
| 3 | In several respects , though , the fate of Black Fury had confirmed basic Warner Bros notions and they continued to pick up ideas for movies from the daily papers , they went on believing that social melodrama could be profitable , and they had been given further evidence that Muni could win acclaim by projecting himself as a hard-done-by but eventually triumphant saint . |
| 4 | When he heard of the multiple deaths , he committed suicide by throwing himself under a lorry . |
| 5 | It was later announced that General Oufkir had committed suicide by shooting himself in the head — three times . |
| 6 | He had effectively signed his own death-warrant by describing himself as a British subject . |
| 7 | Glenn Hoddle sprung a surprise by playing himself after a 5 month injury lay-off and in the opening minute Swindon were crowing ; just 30 seconds had gone , when Shaun Close set the match rolling with a freak of a goal . |
| 8 | By politicizing his text in this way Sukenick runs the risk of linking authorial production with political manipulation , but he regularly plays down the privilege of composition by including himself as a minor character within his narratives . |
| 9 | The hot Cyprus autumn moved from one week to the next , and Zacco prepared for his forthcoming triumph by installing himself in the moated citadel built by his great-grandfather at Sigouri , ten miles west of the besieged Famagusta . |
| 10 | It is small wonder that Darwin thought twice about threatening his own privileged position by identifying himself with a new twist on this old theme . |
| 11 | He cemented this election by committing himself to the Israelite nation with the words , " I will take you for my people , and I will be your God " ( Exodus 6:7 ) . |
| 12 | Law conceived of the role of the leader in an exactly opposite sense from Balfour : he sought to foster unity by placing himself at the head of the discordant elements where Balfour had thrown the leadership on the side of restraint . |
| 13 | The 19-year-old wonderkid from Romford could save the Gunners more than £2million in the transfer market by establishing himself as a key figure in his club 's revived quest for the Premier League title . |
| 14 | Jesus releases us from this addiction by revealing himself as the willing servant , humbled to the point of death , submitting his will to the will of God . |