Example sentences of "that he [verb] himself [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was coughing so much that he made himself sick . |
| 2 | It is only when he is out of his mind that he strengthens himself unwilling . ’ |
| 3 | This experience had such a dramatic effect on the Pole that he hanged himself some days later . |
| 4 | Toby and I both think that he got himself involved in something that was too deep for him , and that is why he was killed . ’ |
| 5 | He cried so hard that he rained himself empty . |
| 6 | I often told him — and so did Tate — that he did himself less than justice by being content to stand in Tate 's shadow . |
| 7 | Everything was in shadow , for the tiers of gas candles — an excellent improvement , that — were dimming , slowly , slowly , taking the sight of his daughters and his wife away from him , so that he found himself alone , as he began to sing . |
| 8 | The tragedy of man is that he declares himself autonomous of God and in consequence is condemned to live East of Eden . |
| 9 | If he is an experienced gardener , you have to make sure that he sets himself achievable targets , and does not become over-ambitious . |
| 10 | It will certainly not allow the Chancellor to meet the target that he set himself last year of a balanced budget in the medium term . |
| 11 | Not that he considered himself immune ; but he had always imagined that when it was his turn , he would know somehow . |