Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [v-ing] himself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | AS OPPOSITION to the palace coup in Peru mounts inside and outside the country , it seems President Alberto Fujimori , by turning the guns of dictatorship against his own government , has succeeded only in shooting himself in the foot . |
| 2 | ‘ If man can not create anything or move anybody , if he can not break out of the prison of his total narcissism and isolation , he can escape the unbearable sense of vital impotence and nothingness only by affirming himself in the act of destruction of the life that he is unable to create . |
| 3 | Former French Open champion Walton goes into the third round of the £618,000 championship in second place , two strokes behind Swede Mats Lanner , and 36 good holes away from saving himself from the trip that no player wants to make . |
| 4 | Afterwards Leconte , who only resumed training a week ago after injuring himself in the Paris Open , admitted he was surprised at the way Ferreira had fallen to pieces . |
| 5 | Three minutes into the second-half the non-Leaguers ' obligatory fireman , Mottashed , instead of shooting himself in the foot , set fire to himself with a jittery own goal and Loram shortly made it 3-1 , deader than dead . |
| 6 | Now Taylor is looking forward to forcing himself into the England pace attack alongside the likes of Chris Lewis , Devon Malcolm and Phil DeFreitas . |