Example sentences of "[to-vb] himself [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silva , 25 , was delighted to find himself with a gallery of waiters and farm-workers from Jersey 's 3,000-strong Portuguese community . |
| 2 | He had fled the invading Germans , only to find himself in a society he hated for its philistinism and prudery . |
| 3 | So I think he 's going to find himself in a lot of trouble . |
| 4 | How bitter must he be to find himself in the position in which he was now ? |
| 5 | He liked some music but generally was n't musical and was always slightly put off to find himself in the company of those who were . |
| 6 | Muller , however , is surprised to find himself in the company of players he once idolised , and he has yet to recognise that he is about to become a similar figure . |
| 7 | She just looked up at him with bewildered eyes and he put her firmly away , turning to launch himself into the water . |
| 8 | He had a feeling that Maidstone mentioned them to vindicate himself in the eyes of others . |
| 9 | ‘ I have only just begun discussions with Celtic over renewing my contract and it has not got to the stage of the manager making me an offer , ’ said the player whose ability to impose himself on the opposition might be thought worthy of international recognition . |
| 10 | And Lyle believes he is ready to impose himself in the Majors . |
| 11 | That means Newry 's Errol Lutton , who got a late call to Poland after Ger Burns had to withdraw through injury , keeps his place , a further chance to establish himself as a regular in the international set-up . |
| 12 | Following a visit to London and Paris in 1849 he returned to Aberdeen to establish himself as a portrait miniaturist . |
| 13 | He Anglicized his name and a few years later he was being described as an accountant or merchant 's clerk ; a subsequent attempt to establish himself as a commission agent apparently failed . |
| 14 | ‘ Of course Eustace was trying to establish himself as a solicitor at that time . |
| 15 | Something tells me he wo n't pass up this opportunity to establish himself as an international . |
| 16 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 17 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 18 | He was still trying to establish himself after the siege in the flooded crater . |
| 19 | The duke himself , meanwhile , wanted to establish himself in the north as quickly and as fully as possible , and control of the Neville affinity offered one means to that end . |
| 20 | The duke himself , meanwhile , wanted to establish himself in the north as quickly and as fully as possible , and control of the Neville affinity offered one means to that end . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm just sorry that he 's had this problem at a time when he would surely have had the chance to establish himself in the England side . |
| 22 | The Scottish selectors , however , rated his prime potential value to Scotland as a prop and the genial giant is in the process of seeking to establish himself in the tighthead position . |
| 23 | Nickle moved to St Helens from Sheffield in the close season and , despite injuries , has managed to establish himself in the side . |
| 24 | ‘ That would give him more confidence and he would be able to establish himself in the side . ’ |
| 25 | It was silly to work himself into a state like this . |
| 26 | Right at the last minute , as the cameras were due to roll , the director spotted that Beesley had managed to insinuate himself to the ship 's rail ; picking up his megaphone , he instructed the amateur imposter kindly to disembark . |
| 27 | Had he gone to Glastonbury or come back by a secret route to Templecombe to hide himself in the church ? |
| 28 | The priest must be celibate in order to purify himself for the handling of the sacred in the sacrament . |
| 29 | Mr Attlee was careful to position himself with the majority view in Cabinet . |
| 30 | Certainly he refused to implicate himself in the development of a theory in which he had played so great a part . |