Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] himself [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 2 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 3 | Totally blinded , his spectacles streaming with water as he bobbed up , he tried to float himself into the galley . |
| 4 | Dougal tried to immerse himself in The Journal of a Fallen Angel . |
| 5 | ‘ Shit ! ’ screamed the driver as he tried to extricate himself from the situation . |
| 6 | Nobody will ever know for sure how much Ken tried to rid himself of the camp , ‘ Carry On ’ image . |
| 7 | He tried to prise himself off the chair , as the figure moved towards him . |
| 8 | Who in drunken rage tried to hang himself in the orchard . |
| 9 | He stopped to relieve himself into the roadside bushes and almost lost his balance as a car screeched round the corner in a clatter of gravel . |
| 10 | He tried to drag himself through the mud but he only sank more deeply into it . |
| 11 | Sometimes Brian tried to comfort himself with the fact that , however much he had wanted a child , he had not forced motherhood on Celia , that Harry 's conception had not exactly been his fault ; but then that thought had been instantly negated by the realisation that his own pleasure at her pregnancy , their move to the country and his insistence that all would be well , amounted to a foolish bigoted optimism for which he blamed himself entirely . |
| 12 | While Montgomerie radiated confidence and respect for the course , it was a typically down-beat Sandy Lyle who prepared to re-acquaint himself with the course where he made his U.S. Open debut in 1980 . |
| 13 | But he 'd trained himself in the craft of grief with the same commitment to feigning humanity as he had learning to shiver ; his tutor , the Bard ; Lear his favourite lesson . |
| 14 | He hastened to remove himself from the danger . |
| 15 | Bracing his knees against the gunwale and steadying himself with one hand on the mizzen backstay , he prepared to relieve himself over the stern . |
| 16 | Gregson hung up and sat back on the bed , cradling a glass of whisky in his hand which he 'd poured himself from the room 's mini-bar . |
| 17 | Harry Lamb worked on his father 's farm , managed on five hours ' sleep a night and studied to prepare himself for the Church of Ireland ministry . |
| 18 | James realised he was going to have to live with a monster when he began to immerse himself in the part of Sir Clifford . |
| 19 | He immediately began to help himself to the food . |
| 20 | Wexford wiped his brow with his handkerchief and , following Camb 's example , began to fan himself with the morning paper . |
| 21 | He went across and began washing himself at the lavarium . |
| 22 | He needed to support himself on the bannister . |
| 23 | Because of the growing publicity surrounding his movements , he decided to lose himself in the crowd , going in through the turnstiles and watching the player from the terraces . |
| 24 | He decided to throw himself off the parapet of the bridge instead of lying down on the track . |
| 25 | Speaking from his holiday home in Kennebunkport , President George Bush sought to distance himself from the controversy , stating that it was not " a matter for the president to be concerned about , especially on the first day of his vacation " . |
| 26 | He drew back one of the chairs and proceeded to seat himself at the table opposite her . |
| 27 | Drinking off the last of the wine and moving on to the coffee he finally managed to confront himself with the question of why he had been so slow to begin . |
| 28 | In the run-up to the elections Fujimori sought to present himself to the public as the defender of democracy , claiming that opposition politicians had been behind a coup attempt on Nov. 13 aimed at preventing the CCD elections from taking place and restoring the 1979 Constitution . |
| 29 | No industrialist liked to put himself at the mercy of creditors . |
| 30 | Yesterday , Mr Major battled to distance himself from the scandal which has already engulfed four Cabinet colleagues . |