Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] himself [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | With Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa established as the standard-bearer of the Democratic Party 's liberal wing in the nomination race , Clinton 's strategy , like that of Bob Kerrey , was to present himself as a " new " alternative offering change from the party 's past ( see p. 38427 ) . |
| 32 | It symbolized that he was putting himself under the protection of the saint , the patron of his kingdom ; but it also revealed the sort of anomaly which had entered the feudal hierarchy . |
| 33 | Because what Niki was doing-the subject was Niki 's contract and terms for 1977 — was putting himself on the same level as Enzo . |
| 34 | Then I realized he was putting himself into the part . |
| 35 | He was preparing himself for a British Council tour of France but it was cancelled at the last moment ; he did , however , fly to Amsterdam and then on to Rome in December under the auspices of the same organization . |
| 36 | Or , if the Prince of Wales was to remove himself from the line of succession , that would be a grave matter . |
| 37 | Now , in accepting Tully 's offer , the defendant was not protecting his master 's interests … [ he ] was placing himself in a position in which there was a conflict of interests between him and his principal and he was looking after his own interests to the detriment of his master 's interests . |
| 38 | Unfortunately , Meacher was only acting : he was playing himself in the 1985 TV drama Edge of Darkness , which the BBC is repeating . |
| 39 | David was warming himself by a fire in the centre of the hut ; he was almost nude and had never worn anything other than a coarse blanket which was slightly tied round him to cover his back . |
| 40 | He 'd put some more money in the meter and was warming himself by the newly-lit fire . |
| 41 | But the Dalek Killer was throwing himself at the golden cloud . |
| 42 | Doug was throwing himself into the part with relish . |
| 43 | After all Meredith was not alluding to her , any more than he was casting himself in the role of Caesar . |
| 44 | Kersey was briefing himself from the paperwork so far . |
| 45 | Sir Charles Webb-Bowen was delivering himself of a homily . |
| 46 | Samuel Pipkin was tensing himself for the coming life and death struggle this evening , when the vital decision would be made by the Prince of Wales , and Mr Thackeray would be avenged . |
| 47 | I could see at once he was working himself into a panic about it all . |
| 48 | Her old father was extricating himself from the front seat slowly , painfully , gasping , as though he had to push open a heavy coffin lid in order to rise from the dead . |