Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last he succeeded in hauling himself over the boundary wall to the solid ground that marked the edge of Old Ashfield property . |
| 2 | Though he does not wear white overalls and wander about with a paint brush in his hand , he insists on calling himself a decorator ( Manhattan-English for interior designer ) . |
| 3 | Rufus had come a long way since the Goblander days and the car he got into to drive himself to the hospital he attended two mornings a week was a Mercedes , not yet a year old . |
| 4 | He stopped before describing himself , if , indeed , he had been going to do so . |
| 5 | Long time , no see , ’ he murmured after getting himself a coffee . |
| 6 | Shrewdly , he insisted on calling himself an ‘ underlord ’ . |
| 7 | He felt like justifying himself , at least to James . |
| 8 | His pursuer smiled grimly , and waited as many seconds as he dared before heaving himself over the wall with surprising agility . |
| 9 | We did not appreciate at the time what a wrench leaving the Weir House must have been for him , nor the difficulty he had in adjusting himself to four assertive stepsons he hardly knew . |
| 10 | I caught a glimpse of my assailant , of his ragged and ferocious face , as he paused before hurling himself at me . |
| 11 | Everyone , that was , except Shelley Cameron , whom he duped into making herself appear silly , into opening her mouth to reveal her inner self , thinking she was talking to someone else . |
| 12 | He wondered about making himself a hot drink but he 'd have to wait too long to drink it . |