Example sentences of "he [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had lived to see him prove himself beyond all her expectations . |
| 2 | He plunged himself into all this and more , avidly reading everything that came his way ; especially poetry , and not least Spanish , Chinese and Japanese poets in translation , but chiefly that of Federico Garçia Lorca and W.B. Yeats , of whom he mused , ‘ I loved Yeats ; his connections ( such an important code-word with Leonard ! ) his rhythms . ’ |
| 3 | He worked very hard , even in the holidays : he threw himself into all the activities of the school and contributed a number of well-received papers to conferences on education . |
| 4 | But he conducts himself in all situations with a dignity not one whit lessened by his shortness . |
| 5 | He introduced himself to all the furniture , saying how nice it was to meet a particular table , or how nice the covering was on a chair . |
| 6 | Yeah , he catches himself on all sorts of things . |
| 7 | He immersed himself in all things western , surrounded by Russian-trained professors and visiting composers — Alexander Goehr , Henze , George Crumb , Takemitsu . |