Example sentences of "[v-ing] himself with [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pushing himself with indolent grace away from the door , Rourke came into the room and began to rummage about the shelves beneath the counter . |
| 2 | Surrounding himself with local knowledge was a form of entrenchment ; if you dig in and stare at a hill you can often persuade yourself you know what 's going on behind it . |
| 3 | Arthur and Geoff were already there and the ARP organist was surpassing himself with appropriate music . |
| 4 | By living with ‘ the woman ’ he was undeniably saddling himself with more expense , but consider the gains , he implored . |
| 5 | Bracing his knees against the gunwale and steadying himself with one hand on the mizzen backstay , he prepared to relieve himself over the stern . |
| 6 | He knelt on the floor , steadying himself with one hand . |
| 7 | He was defending himself with great skill , every now and then sliding his hands down the staff and striking at a distance with its full length , and then suddenly changing direction and bringing the shortened end up in a jab at the face or stomach of one of the attackers he had tempted to come too close . |
| 8 | The acquisition of the sacred relic of the blood of Christ by the important monastery of Reichenau ( on Lake Constance ) in the 920s , its veneration there , and Otto I 's associating himself with that veneration , is an example of this religious feeling . |
| 9 | Extricating himself with some difficulty from the tangled bedclothes , Leo continued , ‘ I 'll have to go . ’ |