Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] himself [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the literary works to which Ken devoted himself in the long years which followed his brief episcopate were largely unremarkable and unread , the waste of his inspired and inspiring vocation as a bishop has appeared both to contemporary and subsequent critics exasperating ; for his scruples about swearing the oath of allegiance to William and Mary were so nearly overcome by his friends that he asked them not to continue their arguments lest he succumb . |
| 2 | On the set , Dustin cast himself as the sensible person , whereas Mia was busy ‘ talking to the spirit of Mozart ’ , perhaps under the influence of André Previn ( still married to Dory Previn ) , the conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra , with whom she had recently fallen in love . |
| 3 | So Dustin found himself in the odd position of acting in English , while all around him the cast spoke Italian . |
| 4 | Cunningham detached himself from the British game negotiating a £1 million transfer to Real Madrid in 1979 , the same year in which Maurice Hope of Antigua emulated Dixon , Turpin , Bassey and Conteh by winning a world boxing title . |
| 5 | Hilton addressed himself to the practical situation of his friend who felt himself torn by the demands of the active life impinging on his desire to pursue contemplation , and helps by showing that these two terms , so often used as opposites to refer to a manner of living , either as a professed religious or as a man of affairs , take their fundamental meaning from different inner conditions . |
| 6 | Gibson Keddie finds himself on the wrong end of a tongue lashing … |
| 7 | These were years of growth in power and status for the skilled unions of mid-Victorian Britain , and Applegarth established himself among the leading union personalities of his day . |
| 8 | His predecessor , Centwine , abdicated on his conversion to enter a monastery , but of the details of the process by which Caedwalla established himself over the western Saxons nothing is known . |
| 9 | Like the majority of his contemporaries , Levin found himself in the vaguest position in regard to religion . |
| 10 | ITV 's Crime Monthly star Paul Ross found himself on the wrong side of the law after hitting a cyclist as he drove his car on a roundabout near London 's Waterloo station , a Westminster court heard . |
| 11 | Cornelius found himself in the uncluttered office of Mister Arthur Kobold . |
| 12 | According to the Legend — the propaganda of a papacy that by this time was endeavouring to assert its independence of the emperor — on the eighth day after his conversion , the Emperor Constantine divested himself of the imperial symbols , prostrated himself before Pope Sylvester and laid down his crown . |
| 13 | Knowing that it would annoy Geoffrey , Anthony braced himself for the ensuing argument . |
| 14 | Having outlived Dean and Adams , Hopper indulged himself during the early seventies in autobiographical ego trips that nobody went to see like The Last Movie and The American Dreamer . |
| 15 | Sandys went off to Washington at the end of January to update himself on the latest US operational thinking and advances in weapon technology . |
| 16 | Ramsay ensconced himself in the upper storey of the mill building , where he could gain as wide a view as possible . |
| 17 | In this speech , Mr Patten confirmed himself as the leading exponent in the Cabinet of a traditional Toryism owing nothing to Mrs Thatcher . |
| 18 | Joshua Morris submitted himself to the first of the day 's body-searches . |
| 19 | Second seed Sampras established himself as the odds-on favourite to win his second US Open title with a 6–7 7–6 6–1 6–1 victory . |
| 20 | Richard Baxter 1615–1691 ) during fourteen years of pastoral ministry at Kidderminster gave himself to the pastoral care of some 800 families . |
| 21 | Delaney readied himself for the final assault . |
| 22 | Nehru saw himself as the central figure ; the veteran of the fight against colonialism and the apostle of non-alignment . |
| 23 | He stripped off his shirt and capered from outstretched dagger to outstretched dagger , displaying himself like the leper healed by Jesus showing himself to the High Priests . |
| 24 | We finished our drinks and Siegfried immersed himself in the Veterinary Record as savoury smells began to issue from the kitchen . |
| 25 | MAGNUS FINDS HIMSELF IN THE HOT SEAT |
| 26 | An audience never failed to gasp and cry out when Gabriel flung himself into the flying harness , arms outstretched and billowing with silk . |
| 27 | In hindsight , it 's difficult to understand what all the furore was about , since Sikorsky only took a minority stake in Westland , but at the height of the storm Cuckney found himself in the unwelcome glare of national publicity . |
| 28 | Ellie cried , as she saw Mike hurling himself at the unprepared Patsy . |
| 29 | Wynne-Jones detached himself from the supporting arm and came over to Tallis . |
| 30 | Haim Maccoby addressed himself to the historical Jesus in Revolution in Judea , as did Geza Vermes in such works as Jesus the Jew . |