Example sentences of "[to-vb] himself in 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Nickle moved to St Helens from Sheffield in the close season and , despite injuries , has managed to establish himself in the side . |
| 8 | ‘ That would give him more confidence and he would be able to establish himself in the side . ’ |
| 9 | Had he gone to Glastonbury or come back by a secret route to Templecombe to hide himself in the church ? |
| 10 | Certainly he refused to implicate himself in the development of a theory in which he had played so great a part . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Accounts also tell how he used to lock himself in the church all night . |
| 13 | James realised he was going to have to live with a monster when he began to immerse himself in the part of Sir Clifford . |
| 14 | The student needs to immerse himself in the performance of a kata in order to release his emotions . |
| 15 | Dougal tried to immerse himself in The Journal of a Fallen Angel . |
| 16 | Do n't you think that maybe it was just a teeny-weeny bit curious or stupid or disgusting that Morrissey should choose to wrap himself in the flag ? |
| 17 | It gives him great pleasure to incarnate himself in the shape of man as Christ himself did . |
| 18 | More significantly , Anderson 's hesitancies undermine his attempts to assert himself in the situation . |
| 19 | or the one who seeks to put himself in the place of Christ . |
| 20 | ‘ David is keen to put himself in the shop window before the end of the season so he can be involved in a new club with their pre-season preparations , ’ said Town 's general manager Alan Smith . |
| 21 | He must still be in with a chance of making the tour — although Andy Gregory 's 11th-hour decision to put himself in the frame must have reduced the odds somewhat . |
| 22 | But this had never required him to put himself in the spotlight . |
| 23 | To many Churchill was not so much a buccaneer as a straightforward pirate , a political outcast who skated on thin ice deliberately to keep himself in the public eye , a man who polished brilliant and wounding phrases that tacitly suggested himself as the alternative should his jeremiads turn out true . |
| 24 | Despite the blow to Hewitt , McHale said the injury would give former Leeds United and Northern Ireland star Phil Hughes the chance to re-establish himself in the side after being axed last week . |
| 25 | But he had determined not to exonerate himself in the course of his conversation with Mrs Mallory , and he had held grimly to that resolution . |
| 26 | There they gathered , the employee who lacks employment , the faithless priest , the investor about to hang himself in the expectation of plenty , the physician who will not be able to heal herself , the director who lacks all direction , the historian who denies the existence of history , the Jewish scholar of early Renaissance Christian iconography , the deaf man who hears voices , the woman about to be taken in adultery . |
| 27 | Who in drunken rage tried to hang himself in the orchard . |
| 28 | At one stage Eric , our Chief engineer , had to batten himself in the engine room with the deck air intakes closed as the engines were getting rimed with salt spray . |
| 29 | Each day he gained strength and with and longed to toss himself in the sea . |
| 30 | He knows exactly how to present himself in the light best calculated to deceive . |