Example sentences of "put himself [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He has put himself beyond the pale — I have forbidden you to speak of him . ’
2 Rather more interesting , however , to Julia than either Ian 's or Canon Wheeler 's vision for the Church was the very puzzling question of why , when he invariably summoned his subordinates to come to him by phone , Wheeler had today put himself to the trouble of walking up a back staircase to the servants ' quarters ?
3 He realised that it had been a while now since he had put himself on the lookout for Medjays shadowing him .
4 Nigel has put himself in the right place , and there 's no doubt about that . ’
5 How convenient of John Major to have put himself in the position of bringing the Maastricht issue to a head — and at the same time virtually assuring a no-confidence vote in the Government — on the day the sun and Saturn are in a tense 90-degree angle to each other .
6 Yes I I was erm the additional information that was available to me at this time , er Sergeant the er having left me the previous night er had actually , had gone to the premises erm , gone to the flats erm and had er put himself in the area of the flat and was able to tell me that he had heard voices , two male voices coming from within the flat .
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