Example sentences of "man [vb past] himself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Jackson and Dixon were performing regularly in the English rings , a black man distinguished himself on the track . |
| 2 | A big young man uncurled himself from the driving seat , stretched to his full six feet two , and yawned . |
| 3 | But seven years later in 1935 , on the eve of the Italian invasion , while the war drums were beating outside the palace to summon the nation to war , an old man presented himself before the Emperor . |
| 4 | This one man set himself above the bloody incident in the snow and the yelping sound of the siren . |
| 5 | After a few minutes one of the men detached himself from the group and walked after Fred at a smart pace . |