Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [v-ing] himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schlick 's murder in 1936 terminated Waismann 's employment and his opportunities for supporting himself by private teaching . |
| 2 | During the months of recuperation and the months of rediscovering himself as a changed person , a quick-tempered , irritable person , nervous and hypochondriacal , Tom thought of sex and love as remote concepts that were not for him , that were ridiculous for him to consider . |
| 3 | But he 'd shown definite signs of resigning himself to the situation — until her arrival downstairs after breakfast . |
| 4 | In his memoirs , Wilson makes no bones of placing himself in the line of succession of Baldwin , Churchill and Macmillan . |
| 5 | On Nov. 16 Sihanouk effectively repudiated his tacit understanding with the Khmers Rouges by associating himself with international calls for the prosecution of Pol Pot and others among the leadership for crimes against humanity . |
| 6 | The first Vietnamese boat person to commit suicide in Hong Kong died in hospital on Feb. 18 , two days after hanging himself with his belt and four days after he had officially been refused refugee status . |
| 7 | Wally was awarded the job for his bravery in receiving extensive brain surgery after years of concussing himself on the crossbar . |
| 8 | Now he was naked too beside her and making pantomime bows to his guests before launching himself into the night . |
| 9 | His attitude was , however , coloured by a highly literary romanticism , and despite his efforts at identifying himself with a primitive culture , his outlook naturally remained that of a sophisticated European ; he borrowed freely from primitive sources but reinterpreted them to suit his own decorative and symbolic purposes . |
| 10 | Well that brings us back to the idea that he may be a man of style , rather than substance , in terms of differentiating himself from Mrs Thatcher . |
| 11 | In terms of identifying himself with the peoples suffering it was a disaster . |
| 12 | So much so that he spent fully eight years in a succession of colleges before throwing himself on the tender mercies of the world . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , he remained crouched on the ground for several seconds before dragging himself to his feet . |
| 14 | Richmond travelled through Europe gaining a rudimentary education on his tours before basing himself in England where he continued to box with a measure of success while working as Lord Camelford 's valet . |
| 15 | She also failed to notice the board had hired a teacher with convictions for exposing himself to schoolgirls , or ask why a probationary principal was still in place despite pleading guilty to a $21,000 welfare scam . |
| 16 | He returned to Argentina and did menial jobs before putting himself through university in America . |