Example sentences of "[to-vb] himself [vb pp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is as if the speaker , in a state of semi-consciousness , was first aware of the stimulus , and then , an instant later , suddenly awoke to find himself confronted with the result provoked by this stimulus , without being conscious of the passage from one state to the other . |
| 2 | Mr Clarke is not , after all , the first , nor will he be the last politician to find himself caught on the hop by a shrewd interviewer . |
| 3 | And Ollie managed to get himself sacked from the place . |
| 4 | I think Chris was using her to get himself accepted into the organisation , whatever it was . ’ |
| 5 | Ever a proponent of parliamentary freedom of speech , in 1621 Alford protested against the ‘ eyes over him to observe ’ , but refused to have himself cleared by the House at the end of the session : ‘ God forbid that snares should be laid for mens words … |
| 6 | One of his rules , which Miss Claybury could not contest , was that all patients must be spoken to kindly , but it was hard to make himself heard above the noise . |
| 7 | Luke had to raise his voice to make himself heard above the noise of the rotors , but the grin on his face made it clear that he , at least , was enjoying himself . |
| 8 | Norman Tebbit was still on his feet , waving what appeared to be a small Union Jack , and trying manfully to make himself heard above the din . |
| 9 | He shouted to make himself heard above the din : " I want to see you at once , " |
| 10 | Trevor Skeet struggled to make himself heard against the din . |
| 11 | She pushed her way through the crowds to the back of the cab , where another group of nomes were already nomehandling a plank into position , and scrambled up to where Dorcas was trying to make himself heard in the middle of an excited crowd . |