Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] himself [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We must put all our energies into the preparation for Belle Ile while Schellenberg busies himself with the Steiner affair . ’ |
| 2 | Gibson Keddie finds himself on the wrong end of a tongue lashing … |
| 3 | MIKHAIL Gorbachev presents himself as the saviour of socialism . |
| 4 | Elsewhere Salim separates himself from the doers and makers of the big world beyond him , of whom it is said : ‘ They 're making cars that will run on water . ’ |
| 5 | Meanwhile , David Speedie puts himself in the shop window at St Andrews tonight . |
| 6 | Nowadays , Stevenson confines himself to the ( occasional ) early morning run and , more frequently , riding his horse . |
| 7 | But it is not only through his healings and exorcisms that Jesus shows himself as the bearer of the Spirit : he claims it explicitly in the controversy with the scribes about Beelzebub ( apparently another name for Satan , conceived of as ‘ lord of the house ’ ) . |
| 8 | Willie pulls himself up the stairs reminding me of an elderly praying mantis . |
| 9 | ‘ In my own terms , I would describe myself as a fanatic as far as bonsai goes ’ Cregagh Bonsai owner Stephen Whiteside surrounds himself with the love of his life . |
| 10 | In career terms , Sir Patrick regards himself as the ‘ freak ’ of the Wright family . |
| 11 | MAGNUS FINDS HIMSELF IN THE HOT SEAT |
| 12 | God reveals himself as the God of their ancestors , and God of the present : " I am . " |
| 13 | Martin Pawley finds himself in the grip of museum culture |
| 14 | JOHN SCULLEY CROSSES HIMSELF OFF THE LIST |
| 15 | Eric settles himself on the oche . |
| 16 | FURLANETTO PRIDES HIMSELF ON THE range of work which he chooses to undertake , particularly recently when he recorded the ‘ other ’ Don Giovanni by Gazzaniga ( see ‘ Opera Reviews ’ in this issue ) . |
| 17 | George protects himself from the stink of UB40 's ‘ witty ’ bile |
| 18 | Twice , in the Miller 's Tale , we hear a cock crow , as Absolon presents himself at the " " shot-wyndowe " " of Alison 's bedroom ( 3357 , 3687 ) . |
| 19 | Outside the camp ( 27 ) : neither offering might be eaten , since no one was to eat any of his own sin-offering , an Aaron identifies himself with the people in their sin-offering . |
| 20 | As Shylock says himself of the incident in Act 3 Scene 1 — line 28 : |
| 21 | Paul blames himself for the end of their relationship . |
| 22 | Willy sees himself as the beneficent saviour who will ‘ irrigate ’ her ‘ emotional desert ’ ( 17,138 ) , and any attempt by her to suggest that she might be happier without him is ‘ blackmarked against me as pretentiousness ’ ( 136 ) . |