Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] himself [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom 's head sank into his shoulders , as if he were trying to make himself invisible , but his eyes remained restlessly curious . |
| 2 | and financial circumstances and erm , this was something of course that I had to leave to the people who were working got himself another job . |
| 3 | He was going to make himself invulnerable , and then turn Susan and me into ragged carpets . |
| 4 | Napoleon III therefore feared that he was bound to find himself involved in Spanish affairs even if he tried to ignore them . |
| 5 | Gilbert , with the edge of terror still in his voice , was talking to keep himself sane ; and the others were listening to try and make sense of the nightmare in which they found themselves . |
| 6 | They were convinced he was plotting to make himself chief executive — a charge he recalls with a wry grin and shake of the head . |