Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped talking as Marshka entered and wheeled himself into the empty space at the table , at that end farthest , on the right-hand side , from the president . |
| 2 | He bent and twisted himself before it , jerking suddenly this way and that , as if he were lying in wait for disease , determined to pounce on it before it could strike . |
| 3 | And all of the family starting to watch the boy more closely as he sailed or forced himself through one limit after the other — a talent , it was beginning to seem , in every pocket . |
| 4 | She stood her ground — he came and planted himself in front of her . |
| 5 | He came and threw himself on our bed , shaking all over . |
| 6 | One trainee on a course for people looking for employment commented that seeing himself on video in a mock interview was an experience that changed his life . |
| 7 | Then he turned and flung himself into his nanny 's arms . |
| 8 | Daak turned and hoisted himself into the speeder 's cockpit . |
| 9 | He sighed and lowered himself to the other end of the settee . |
| 10 | Harry nodded and allowed himself to be led up into Long Acre . |
| 11 | He anticipated and insured himself for the re-emergence of Richard Nixon from the political wilderness in 1968 , and correctly judged that Ronald Reagan would defeat Jimmy Carter in 1980 ( which was not such an inevitable result as the next eight years made it seem ) . |
| 12 | But Evans merely grinned and helped himself to a stool from under a neighbouring table . |
| 13 | Recovering his balance with uncanny speed , he snarled and launched himself after the still tumbling figure of his intended victim . |
| 14 | Fred stumbled and steadied himself by putting his hand on a York ham . |
| 15 | Michel Foucault ( 1926–1994 ) , who studied under Althusser , took the step his teacher never did and distanced himself from Marxism while remaining politically radical . |
| 16 | The plaintiff slipped and injured himself on an area of floor to which sawdust had not been applied . |
| 17 | The problem solved , he smiled and congratulated himself on his devious ingenuity . |
| 18 | Dorcas groaned and allowed himself to be helped to his feet . |
| 19 | Firmly , however , he regrouped and readdressed himself to the task . |