Example sentences of "[to-vb] himself [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How bitter must he be to find himself in the position in which he was now ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She just looked up at him with bewildered eyes and he put her firmly away , turning to launch himself into the water . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 7 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 8 | He was still trying to establish himself after the siege in the flooded crater . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Nickle moved to St Helens from Sheffield in the close season and , despite injuries , has managed to establish himself in the side . |
| 13 | ‘ That would give him more confidence and he would be able to establish himself in the side . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Had he gone to Glastonbury or come back by a secret route to Templecombe to hide himself in the church ? |
| 16 | The priest must be celibate in order to purify himself for the handling of the sacred in the sacrament . |
| 17 | Mr Attlee was careful to position himself with the majority view in Cabinet . |
| 18 | Certainly he refused to implicate himself in the development of a theory in which he had played so great a part . |
| 19 | He needed to support himself on the bannister . |
| 20 | He was inclined to feel giddy , too , and was obliged to support himself against the parapet in order to steady his troubled vision . |
| 21 | Ymor 's ravens were notoriously loyal to their master , to the extent that Withel 's one attempt to promote himself to the rank of greatest thief in Ankh-Morpork had cost their master 's right hand man his left eye . |
| 22 | Occasionally in the pursuit of profit he has to sacrifice himself to the ordeal of a business lunch with a customer , supplier or business contact . |
| 23 | Because of the growing publicity surrounding his movements , he decided to lose himself in the crowd , going in through the turnstiles and watching the player from the terraces . |
| 24 | While Montgomerie radiated confidence and respect for the course , it was a typically down-beat Sandy Lyle who prepared to re-acquaint himself with the course where he made his U.S. Open debut in 1980 . |
| 25 | It was time for Blake to re-acquaint himself with the stranger . |
| 26 | Rufus had come a long way since the Goblander days and the car he got into to drive himself to the hospital he attended two mornings a week was a Mercedes , not yet a year old . |
| 27 | In skill training the opposite can apply , the trainee is persuaded to be flexible and to orient himself towards the end rather than the means . |
| 28 | At the beginning of April , Sheikh Saud Nasir al-Sabah , a member of the royal family and Kuwait 's ambassador to America , visited Phoenix in order to reacquaint himself with the Phoenician . |
| 29 | Mosley came increasingly to see himself as the spokesman of the war generation , who refused to compromise his idealistic principles with the political realities of the post-war world . |
| 30 | When it came time to fling himself into the cradle of the flying harness , the back scenery was slippery with rain , and Gabriel 's bare feet slithered against the paint so that he plunged nose down , the harness slipped down to his hips , and he sawed to and fro , arms outstretched . |