Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] himself in 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 | So Dustin found himself in the odd position of acting in English , while all around him the cast spoke Italian . |
| 3 | Like the majority of his contemporaries , Levin found himself in the vaguest position in regard to religion . |
| 4 | Cornelius found himself in the uncluttered office of Mister Arthur Kobold . |
| 5 | Ramsay ensconced himself in the upper storey of the mill building , where he could gain as wide a view as possible . |
| 6 | We finished our drinks and Siegfried immersed himself in the Veterinary Record as savoury smells began to issue from the kitchen . |
| 7 | MAGNUS FINDS HIMSELF IN THE HOT SEAT |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Although Barber found himself in the political wilderness with the Tories ' fall from power after the death of Queen Anne in 1715 , he remained loyal to his friends and true to his Tory principles . |
| 10 | Mills kicked himself in the 13th minute when he missed from two yards . |
| 11 | And within six years , wanting to register ( in The Criter - ion for 1934 ) the distinction of Binyon 's version of the Inferno despite its consistent inversions of prosaic word order , Pound found himself in the same situation , having to contend with those who had learned too well or too inflexibly the lessons he himself had taught them : |