Example sentences of "was [verb] himself in [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Warden was enjoying himself in the background : it was a new experience to see someone else tackling Buchanan rather than the other way round . |
2 | He was losing himself in the grey surf of her eyes , his heart threatening to smother him with its frenzied pounding . |
3 | And I noticed Otley was admiring himself in the mirror a lot these days , the predatory gleam back in his hazel eyes , sometimes gold sometimes green , according to where the light was coming from . |
4 | Now , in accepting Tully 's offer , the defendant was not protecting his master 's interests … [ he ] was placing himself in a position in which there was a conflict of interests between him and his principal and he was looking after his own interests to the detriment of his master 's interests . |
5 | Unfortunately , Meacher was only acting : he was playing himself in the 1985 TV drama Edge of Darkness , which the BBC is repeating . |
6 | After all Meredith was not alluding to her , any more than he was casting himself in the role of Caesar . |