Example sentences of "[v-ing] himself with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd just been amusing himself with a new challenge , the new blonde female who 'd temporarily appeared in his life … |
| 2 | Rather than contenting himself with a specific and clearly defined puzzle , Poulantzas aims to give a broad account of the capitalist state , which will show what it is and what it does by revealing its connections with the various instances of the social whole . |
| 3 | If you are fortunate enough to own , or to find , an incunabulum or book printed before 1500 , do not be too alarmed if it has no title , since many books of the period had none , at least in the sense that we understand , the publisher/printer contenting himself with a curt statement of the title and author 's name , known as a ‘ label title ’ , or else a small introductory paragraph ( sometimes using a different coloured ink ) known as the ‘ incipit ’ , from the Latin ‘ it begins ’ . |
| 4 | for not only was the Earl Patrick suspicious of anyone coming from the regency , but he happened at this juncture to be consoling himself with a local lady , in the absence of marital comforts . |
| 5 | If he was stupid , Louis would start cutting himself with a broken mic stand at this point , and their drummer would smash his headphones . |
| 6 | Here she stopped to watch old Twomey the butler shaving himself with a cut-throat razor . |
| 7 | Now Sixsmith was gently frisking himself with a deepening frown . |
| 8 | Steadying himself with a deep breath , he mustered control . |
| 9 | It is small wonder that Darwin thought twice about threatening his own privileged position by identifying himself with a new twist on this old theme . |
| 10 | His attitude was , however , coloured by a highly literary romanticism , and despite his efforts at identifying himself with a primitive culture , his outlook naturally remained that of a sophisticated European ; he borrowed freely from primitive sources but reinterpreted them to suit his own decorative and symbolic purposes . |