Example sentences of "[vb past] himself with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found himself with the duty of helping to make a vital decision for the Church of England at a moment in its destiny . |
| 2 | Raymond Moore & Mary Cooper , Moore concerned himself with the landscape and the mystery of the commonplace . |
| 3 | In his Analogy , Butler concerned himself with the question of what sort of evidence one must possess in order to believe in God . |
| 4 | In Wrexham grandfather had been an active Gladstonian Liberal , and concerned himself with the temperance movement and local government . |
| 5 | Simultaneously , he concerned himself with the idea that cities were necessary , not evil , but that ‘ without the life of the soil from which to draw its strength , the urban culture must lose its source of strength and rejuvenescence ’ . |
| 6 | Nietzsche was not present , but whereas the premiere of Tristan in 1865 had not prompted any discernible reaction in him , on this occasion he took a much livelier interest and during the following months familiarized himself with the work through the score . |
| 7 | He walked round the back of the car and busied himself with the boot . |
| 8 | ‘ Mr Connon , ’ he said as he busied himself with the kettle and the jar of instant coffee , ‘ I did n't really have a chance last night to explain myself to you very fully . |
| 9 | Like the Shah , Sadat identified himself with the state . |
| 10 | Perhaps he still identified himself with the man who bought a duffel cloak for Alice Fell ( see Critical Survey , p. 118 ) ; he instructed his daughter to buy the child a doll — ‘ only let it be a good big one ’ . |
| 11 | From the first he closely identified himself with the city , its people , and their aspirations in ways which helped to break down many of the prejudices of his people and their Presbyterian neighbours . |
| 12 | Another general consoled himself with the thought that ‘ as the rebels are flesh and blood as well as us … they must , while this bad season lasts , suspend all operations ’ , but was rapidly proved wrong . |
| 13 | ( As his dreams of conquest crashed , Hitler consoled himself with the thought that Allied bombing was only destroying what he had intended to demolish anyway , to make place for his own buildings . ) |
| 14 | Ramsay was less than delighted with the task , but consoled himself with the thought that at least the journey south would take them by Dunbar Castle again , and a call thereat would be possible . |
| 15 | As he turned back the coverlet of the bed where he must sleep alone , Frere consoled himself with the thought that what he was incapable of accomplishing himself might be accomplished for him by time and that providential hand , of which , in his earnest efforts outside the home , he was the faithful instrument . |
| 16 | ‘ When the State usurps the functions of the family ’ … and consoled himself with the thought that he never pontificated unless he was drunk . |
| 17 | When he was able , he fed himself with the meal he 'd prepared earlier , and stripped off the heavy insulating robe to dress himself in Tech-Green drab . |
| 18 | When he was then slow in announcing a name , Churchill enjoyed himself with the mot that ‘ Baldwin has to find a man of inferior ability to himself , and this Herculean task requires time for its accomplishment . ’ |
| 19 | With neighbouring diners sitting too close to have a conversation without being overheard , D'Arcy contented himself with the family small talk whilst he made the most of the lobster fricassée . |
| 20 | He cheered himself with the thought that there was not ‘ an idea I 've ever had that I have n't put down on paper . ’ |
| 21 | The President had got himself into bed and covered himself with the sheet . |
| 22 | Lucien was n't quite sure how he felt about being a second choice , but comforted himself with the knowledge that Garimel had undoubtedly been bought by a less lenient household . |
| 23 | He comforted himself with the saying of Uncle Jan — ‘ the devil is never so black as he is painted ’ — and dreamed of what he might accomplish in the company of such a woman , in collaboration with her soft femaleness . |
| 24 | The hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) associated himself with the sentence : ’ I 'll be surprised if budget holding does not collapse in the first year . ’ |
| 25 | They tell me he near strangled himself with the bowstring when the stave snapped on him this afternoon . ’ |
| 26 | After a brief spell of backing the rebel cause , wavering between patriotism and expediency , Bruce once more allied himself with the English . |
| 27 | He astonished himself with the reply , giving not Estabrook 's address , but that of another place entirely . |