Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He manifests himself to each of us uniquely . ’ |
| 2 | As a general rule Green in his Guide recommends the skies be a quarter blue and three quarters grey , and he holds himself to this idea most strictly . |
| 3 | Eduard Trier chose to illustrate this figure in Form and Space , in which he limits himself to two observations : it is a product of refined artificiality ( in comparison with the elemental force of Marino Marini 's sculpture ) , and the girl ( in comparison with a figure by Marcello Mascherini ) is ‘ more reserved , displays a leisurely elegance in her arrested dance step ’ . |
| 4 | he models himself on Dirty Den |
| 5 | Mr Creme believes Christ has already come again — came a few years ago actually — and is now residing in the Asian community in London , waiting for a more receptive attitude from the press before He shows Himself on worldwide television , when ‘ He wo n't actually speak , but His thoughts , His ideas , His call to humanity , will take place silently , telepathically . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Bring Michael back before he gets himself into any more trouble . ’ |
| 7 | He compares himself with those whose hardened hearts are calloused and unfeeling , and then says : ‘ But I delight in your law . ’ |
| 8 | What Karlsson proposes essentially is that the genes responsible for the disposition to schizophrenia ( he confines himself to this form of psychosis ) also code for creative ability . |
| 9 | But he conducts himself in all situations with a dignity not one whit lessened by his shortness . |
| 10 | Eventually he finds himself at 500 feet , unable to see a good field ahead , unable to remember the wind direction , and trying to select a field with very little choice . |
| 11 | As soon as a character walks through the green and yellow arch from area 61 , he finds himself in this vast stagnant bog . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not saying there 's more culture in our family and that Eric plays football as well so that makes us more interesting , I 'm just saying he expresses himself in one way and also in another and we do n't want to be criticised for that . ’ |
| 13 | Believing that an artist has to suffer to make his statement , he puts himself through dangerous sequences like cutting off his breathing . |
| 14 | He puts himself in good light by adding that he gripped me tightly round the shoulders in reassurance , that he gave me brandy , that we talked long after the starlings had ceased their chatter , that we walked down into the street and discussed in jogging stride what guilt or shame or desire could do to the human soul . |
| 15 | By drawing a rectangle round ‘ it 's a chronicle ’ Dostoevsky suggests a framed narrative for The Possessed like the story found by the frame narrator among a deceased ex-convict 's effects in The House of the Dead ; and by declaring ‘ I am a character ’ ( kharakter : a person , not a literary personazh ) he puts himself inside that frame . |
| 16 | He restricts himself to historical studies , and derives an active research network , measured by such parameters as citation , co-citation , trusted assessorship , co-authorship , apprenticeship , and other informal communication methods . |
| 17 | Yeah , he catches himself on all sorts of things . |
| 18 | For if he considers himself in some small way a specialist , not only can he spend a good proportion of his time teaching what he likes and probably , therefore , understands better , but he also has more of a chance of keeping up to date on his chosen subjects , particularly if he has support , as many of the teachers I observed had , from local subject advisers , associations or selective in-service programmes . |
| 19 | From sand he pours himself into deep water , |
| 20 | At 30 , McEnroe is beginning to incline towards nostalgia , even though he leaves himself with little time to indulge in the luxury . |