Example sentences of "[vb past] himself [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He was speaking as he jerked himself out on the sandy foreshore .
2 In the summer of 1675 , in the course of Louis XIV 's Dutch War , he found himself up against the great imperial general Montecucculi , who in the previous year had outmanoeuvred Turenne to capture Bonn .
3 It is a situation much worse than the one Smith found himself in before the game with FC Brugge two weeks ago and could involve some drastic re-organisation .
4 After some time he found himself down at the Green , where Emily had not come with him ; and remembered Emily , and decided that he must ask her to become engaged to him before he went , to wait for him ; would she agree ?
5 As a result of all this , Baldwin found himself back in the Caxton Hall by 30 October .
6 A moment later he found himself back in the top of the tree .
7 The ex-250 world champion ( 1969 with Benelli ) had been with Yamaha for over 20 years but after the collapse of Giacomo Agostini 's 500 team , Carruthers found himself out of the heat of competition .
8 However , with record companies realising the appeal and financial benefits of bands like Sabbath having a line-up as close to the original as possible , Neil found himself out in the cold after Geezer Butler was reunited with his former partners .
9 He grasped the forestay in both hands as high up as he could reach and drew himself out of the water and on to the forward hull beam as smoothly as a dolphin breaking for air .
10 Cornelius fanned at his trouser bottoms and slowly drew himself back into the vertical plane .
11 There was no night-porter , but he had a key and he let himself in to the deserted lobby .
12 As the ethereal strains of Ravel stole through the room , Penry let himself down on the sofa , eyes closed .
13 Cathy went into the shop and Wycliffe let himself out into the little hall from which stairs led up to the flat .
14 He cut the power by the meter and collected his roll and the half-completed form from the kitchen table before he let himself out through the back door .
15 Seb let himself out through the gate and Carrie was half-way back to the house when his soft call brought her to a halt .
16 He let himself out of the front door and when he was beyond the shelter of the porch he felt the sting of rain on his cheeks .
17 Duncan let himself out of the car as Myeloski walked round to him .
18 Then , looking at the man as if he was so much dirt , he let himself out of the front door .
19 When he was satisfied that everything was straight , he let himself out of the back door .
20 He listened before he let himself out of the cellar , but there still seemed to be nobody around ; Reynolds felt gritty and smeared , at an unhappy disadvantage if he should have to lie his way out of an embarrassing situation .
21 Dexter levered himself up from the chair , his eyelids leaden with sleep , and murmured that he had to go home and rest .
22 Daniel levered himself out of the sofa and stood up .
23 Convinced that there were practical solutions to the social evils of his day , he devoted himself particularly to the temperance movement .
24 This surrender was legitimized only if the monarch devoted himself unsparingly to the good of the state and his subjects .
25 In the same year , the tsar involved himself personally in the foundation of the reformist journal Military Miscellany .
26 Charles made himself up for the new role , and dressed in the new costume .
27 The much-travelled Allison , 65 , coaching consultant and now caretaker-manager of Division One 's bottom club , immediately ruled himself out of the job full-time .
28 Argyle player-manager Shilton ruled himself out of the hiding-to-nothing trip with a groin strain .
29 Another senior Democrat , Senator John " Jay " Rockefeller , ruled himself out of the contest on Aug. 7 .
30 Pears , 30 , virtually ruled himself out of the crucial Wolves game when he said : ‘ Time is against me .
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