Example sentences of "account of himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were many complaints about the number of people registering for charity , and the Burgesses ordered that ‘ in future no stranger , journeyman or servant , single or married should remain in the borough longer than six days without giving account of himself to the Mayor ’ . |
| 2 | He was remanded in custody and remained in prison for six weeks , unwilling to be treated for his distressing voices and persecutory beliefs and unable to give a clear account of himself as a result of his jumbled thinking and speech . |
| 3 | His reading was hesitant owing to a stammer that tied his tongue whenever he was expected to give account of himself before the rest of the class . |
| 4 | Hewitt had only just broken through into the first team and gave a good account of himself in matches against Crewe and Chesterfield . |
| 5 | That he won a points decision against the Californian Mark Wills at Wembley will give them some reassurance that the British heavyweight champion could give a reasonable account of himself against an opponent who will not crumple easily . |