Example sentences of "[pron] tried [to-vb] himself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a fury of hatred and jealousy he thrashed his stick about Kemp 's head while Kemp himself tried to extricate himself from the twisted sheets , to get out of the bed , and to defend himself — but he did n't make it . |
| 2 | Totally blinded , his spectacles streaming with water as he bobbed up , he tried to float himself into the galley . |
| 3 | He tried to distance himself from the physical reality of death by thinking about the identity of the person who had caused it . |
| 4 | He tried to prise himself off the chair , as the figure moved towards him . |
| 5 | He tried to drag himself through the mud but he only sank more deeply into it . |
| 6 | She seemed to be pushing her enormous frame closer to his , as he tried to extricate himself from the small stuffy room which had begun to give him claustrophobia . |
| 7 | ‘ Shit ! ’ screamed the driver as he tried to extricate himself from the situation . |