Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] himself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The barman reinstalled himself behind the jump and enquired after my pleasure . |
| 2 | The mathematician propelled himself towards the prone figure some yards away . |
| 3 | The horse hurt himself on the first jump and despite leading for much of the way round never really mastered the race . |
| 4 | Another former confidant , John Biffen , in effect removed himself from the government after coded criticism of the Prime Minister 's strident , dogmatic style . |
| 5 | He noted the rapid , undignified scramble by which the culprit extricated himself from the ropes on the river path , followed by ominous little trickles of loose earth ; and the exaggerated dignity with which he compensated as soon as he was clear , his slender back turned upon the voice that blasted him out of danger , his crest self-consciously reared in affected disregard of sounds which could not possibly be directed at him . |
| 6 | Thus the clown prince of English football crowned himself as the football emperor of the Eternal City . |
| 7 | Another stun grenade was thrown in and a third soldier hurled himself through the window after it , before it had exploded . |
| 8 | The former England striker injured himself in the Coca-Cola Cup replay with Everton on Tuesday and a specialist has advised complete rest . |
| 9 | In winter the chestnut-seller installed himself at the edge of the market . |
| 10 | When the large chromium headlamps of the Citron were only five feet from them , the first boy flung himself into the roadside ditch and let out a yell of triumph as he tumbled into the filthy water . |
| 11 | The should of slow labouring footsteps could be heard moving along the first-floor landing as the boy threw himself into the kitchen and slammed the door behind him . |
| 12 | The old man swayed gently on his haunches , then , as the boy threw himself to the left , moved effortlessly across , fending off the child with his palms , using the least force possible to achieve his end . |
| 13 | Isabel asked herself as fitzAlan swung himself into the saddle behind her . |
| 14 | The anti-bloodsports campaigner threw himself in the Amazon 's path , brandishing his clipboard . |
| 15 | he sez they went to several addresses but then the driver surrendered himself at the police station . |
| 16 | Megan claimed to be standing on her own two feet , but J. Graham Jones , of Aberystwyth , says LG confided to her that he had caused a hint to be given , if her opponent behaved himself after the vote , that he would help him find a seat to fight . |
| 17 | Another general consoled himself with the thought that ‘ as the rebels are flesh and blood as well as us … they must , while this bad season lasts , suspend all operations ’ , but was rapidly proved wrong . |
| 18 | The Careys were also in attendance : Lady Carey glowered whilst her husband busied himself at the far end of the room , totally ignoring our existence . |
| 19 | The coroner busied himself around the house . |
| 20 | Silk flattened himself beside the steel door , Delaney and Forster priming stun grenades . |
| 21 | When the plaintiff presented himself at the theatre , the defendant , who was X 's servant and manager of the theatre , detected the plaintiff and refused to admit him . |
| 22 | Nutmeg washed himself in the park pond nearby + sat down + thought for a while . |
| 23 | More than one Gaullist found himself in the difficult situation of having to give de Gaulle a lecture in Gaullism . |
| 24 | GARY MASON , whose avowed game plan is meet the world heavyweight champion , Mike Tyson , sometime in 1991 , last night found himself in the nearest thing to a test against that granite-hard fighter that his supporters could hope to imagine . |
| 25 | GRAHAM KELLY , the Football Association chief executive , last night defended himself against the barrage of criticism that greeted his evidence in the Gary Blissett trial . |
| 26 | The Irishman swung himself into the saddle , then followed Sharpe in the footsteps of the Highlanders . |
| 27 | The wizard pulled himself across the floor , painfully , and whispered , ‘ What the hell was that ? ’ |
| 28 | There was not a word said of business until they came to table in Isambard 's great hall , where the envoy found himself in the place of honour at his host 's right hand . |
| 29 | She was bearing down on him like a bull in full charge when he jumped the wide steps and with a cry of terror threw himself against the front door of the house . |
| 30 | The Captain swung himself into the jeep . |