Example sentences of "and [verb] [verb] himself [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Uneasy Landscapes , at the age of 47 , after a successful business career , Eddie Dayan turned to his passion of 25 years and has devoted himself full-time to photography . |
| 2 | Pc Kelly told the jury he could not breathe very well and tried to make himself comfortable . |
| 3 | Connelly felt sick and tried to twist himself free , his legs swinging helplessly beneath him . |
| 4 | Douglas nodded and went to pour himself another cup of tea . |
| 5 | Duncan , by his keeness , was soon sporting three stripes and had got himself married . |
| 6 | Lamb had taken over the Northamptonshire leadership the previous season and had shown himself enthusiastic if inexperienced , but had then missed a good deal of the season through injury . |
| 7 | Simply , he had been carried away on the potency of his own vision , and come to believe himself infallible . |
| 8 | One went to bed at the house … and awoke to find himself first being strangled , then taken to a bath . |