Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] himself [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He acknowledges that before a contemplative is ready , like Moses , to climb the mountain , he must prepare himself by the time-honoured Western disciplines of Lectio , Meditatio and Oratio — study of scripture , meditation and prayer — but he tells his readers that other authors will tell them all they need to know about these . |
| 2 | It simply did not , and does not , offer a framework on which to hang a convincing story … the geographer , when he analyses the material properties of the man-environment systems , must base himself on the central functions of that system , rather than on the traditional divisions of physical geography . |
| 3 | For an instant , Jimmy wondered whether he should hurl himself at the plate-glass windows . |
| 4 | It seemed inevitable after this that he should take himself to the nearest fish and chip shop to eat his supper . |
| 5 | First , however , he must prove himself in the hardest job of his life . |
| 6 | The right hon. Gentleman must address himself to the new situation which is developing and in which there will be a single currency . |
| 7 | A shopkeeper from a slave line might describe himself as a free Zuwayi without incongruity ; but other people would usually call him abd , a black with an enslaved grandparent somewhere in his line . |
| 8 | If he could adopt that standpoint , he might describe himself as an empirical realist but a transcendental idealist ; but , since he can not adopt that standpoint , he is just a ‘ realist ’ . |
| 9 | It is only in the pursuit of important goals that he may see himself in a negative light , and only during the recurrence of situations similar to the childhood loss that brought the negative schema into existence . |
| 10 | It always seemed miraculous that the Maggot could fit himself into a small aircraft , for John Maggovertski was a huge man : six foot five and well over two hundred pounds , and none of those pounds was fat . |
| 11 | A ploughman with a knack for handling horses could establish himself as a virtual NCO above the lower ranks on the land . |
| 12 | Once in he could lose himself among the excited household , and never be in one place long enough to be an object of suspicion , until he could find a means of encountering Ralf Isambard alone . |
| 13 | McNicholl looked sharp and positive when he made his entrance in the second half against Dublin and Damien Cassidy could find himself under a little pressure as a result . |
| 14 | Jackie Tiptoe could turn himself into a proper gent when it suited him . |
| 15 | He would describe himself as a keen engineer rather than ‘ train spotter . ’ |
| 16 | Finally , in desperation , Aenarion offered himself , saying he would cast himself into the sacred fire if Asuryan would only save his people . |
| 17 | The visitor to Rydal Mount , after bumping into a boulder with the following inscription : would find himself in a conventional household , where the master read morning and evening prayers to the assembled family and servants . |
| 18 | Ryan may console himself with an unlikely piece of New Zealand rugby history . |
| 19 | Suddenly a man will see himself as a sexual failure rather than as someone who simply had not been able to achieve an erection on one single occasion . |
| 20 | Quinn will work himself into the right mood for the game by listening to tapes of his favourite Beatles music beforehand — not that he needs too much extra motivation . |
| 21 | Alternatively , a person may place himself in a dangerous position which exposes him to the risk of involvement in the accident in which he is harmed . |
| 22 | Even more patchy is Deutsche Grammophon 's ‘ Mozart 's Masterpieces , ’ another set of reissues where the unwary consumer may find himself with the superb piano artistry of Maurizio Pollini for one concerto , but the rather less impressive playing of Friedrich Gulda for another . |
| 23 | Although accountants may be on hand , the surveyor at partner level in a growing practice , or one of a substantial size , may find himself in the anomalous situation of spending the major part of his time on management for which he received no training rather than on technical matters , in which he is expert . |
| 24 | Another who may find himself in the same situation will call upon all his inner resources in his efforts to deal with the problem . |
| 25 | One of the greatest gifts known to man is the one he can give himself of a joyous heart and it can come from no one else , for it comes from the springs of a man 's own spirit . |
| 26 | There are other pains still to come , for none can hide himself in a secret place where the deeds he has done will not search him out . |
| 27 | He can play himself into a commanding position — as he did against Courier in the French Open , Wheaton at Wimbledon and Sampras in last year 's ATP final — and then somehow , his judgement deserts him , every time . |
| 28 | He is living proof that an individual congressman with energy and knowledge can turn himself into a foreign-policy entrepreneur . |