Example sentences of "by [verb] himself [prep] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | By politicizing his text in this way Sukenick runs the risk of linking authorial production with political manipulation , but he regularly plays down the privilege of composition by including himself as a minor character within his narratives . |
| 2 | All these , we know , are inversions of the truth , yet by using himself as a reference point , Iago can convince people to the stage where they accept his view unquestioningly . |
| 3 | There was also Captain Hawes , another ex-serviceman , who was finally executed for robberies on the moor ; Whitney , the butcher , who was feared for his savagery and barbarism ; Captain Stafford , a Londoner who found fame on the moor , and Thomas Simpson ( Old Mob ) who , although hideously ugly , managed to evade capture regularly by disguising himself as a woman . |
| 4 | Brin Weare fooled the enemy by disguising himself as a priest . |
| 5 | Brin Weare fooled the enemy by disguising himself as a priest . |
| 6 | How could he explain that only by emptying himself into a woman was there any relief ? |
| 7 | The 19-year-old wonderkid from Romford could save the Gunners more than £2million in the transfer market by establishing himself as a key figure in his club 's revived quest for the Premier League title . |
| 8 | The one certainty is that he has consistently sought to secure his own position , mostly by presenting himself as a sensible centrist between the extremes to his right and left . |
| 9 | He had effectively signed his own death-warrant by describing himself as a British subject . |
| 10 | And he employs a zig-zag training sprint which involves a series of passes before the player finishes off by flinging himself at a rugby tackle bag ! |
| 11 | DAVID Mellor headed for the political wilderness yesterday by comparing himself to a great British hero . |
| 12 | He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness . |
| 13 | Until he knew deep in his belly that he would only ever excel and humble that damnable ‘ brother ’ of his by making himself into a devotee of Lexandro 's existence , akin to a cultist , a protector and preserver of d'Arquebus in his ostentatious recklessness . |
| 14 | Glenn Hoddle sprung a surprise by playing himself after a 5 month injury lay-off and in the opening minute Swindon were crowing ; just 30 seconds had gone , when Shaun Close set the match rolling with a freak of a goal . |
| 15 | It is small wonder that Darwin thought twice about threatening his own privileged position by identifying himself with a new twist on this old theme . |
| 16 | In several respects , though , the fate of Black Fury had confirmed basic Warner Bros notions and they continued to pick up ideas for movies from the daily papers , they went on believing that social melodrama could be profitable , and they had been given further evidence that Muni could win acclaim by projecting himself as a hard-done-by but eventually triumphant saint . |
| 17 | Eschewing the traditional media , Perot used telephone banks and television and radio talk shows to exploit the anti-incumbency mood currently prevalent within the USA , by portraying himself as a principled outsider , untarnished by the exercise of power . |
| 18 | When he heard of the multiple deaths , he committed suicide by throwing himself under a lorry . |