Example sentences of "put himself in the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 or the one who seeks to put himself in the place of Christ .
2 ‘ David is keen to put himself in the shop window before the end of the season so he can be involved in a new club with their pre-season preparations , ’ said Town 's general manager Alan Smith .
3 He must still be in with a chance of making the tour — although Andy Gregory 's 11th-hour decision to put himself in the frame must have reduced the odds somewhat .
4 But this had never required him to put himself in the spotlight .
5 Mopsus , however , puts himself in the power of would-be benefactors , and his vulnerability is ruthlessly exploited .
6 Meanwhile , David Speedie puts himself in the shop window at St Andrews tonight .
7 ‘ In a way , Jeff is putting himself in the position of being a cultural martyr , ’ says Ned Rifkin , exhibition curator for Washington DC 's Hirshhorn Museum , part of the prestigious Smithsonian Institution .
8 " The President has done a good job of putting himself in the position where Arctic drilling is seen as patriotic " , she said .
9 Will the Minister put himself in the place of that 15-year-old girl , too frightened to ask anyone for help , alone , desperate and penniless ?
10 Gent 's hairstylists Ted Johnston of Continental Hairdressers in Belfast put himself in the cutting chair last week .
11 Mr Lo thus put himself in the forefront of consensus politics in Hong Kong , thereby leaving his unrelated namesake , Lo Tak-shing , to seize the high ground further to the right .
12 The artist put himself in the picture ; he is the man with the black beard and cap .
13 How convenient of John Major to have put himself in the position of bringing the Maastricht issue to a head — and at the same time virtually assuring a no-confidence vote in the Government — on the day the sun and Saturn are in a tense 90-degree angle to each other .
14 Yes I I was erm the additional information that was available to me at this time , er Sergeant the er having left me the previous night er had actually , had gone to the premises erm , gone to the flats erm and had er put himself in the area of the flat and was able to tell me that he had heard voices , two male voices coming from within the flat .
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