Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] himself [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | This was all quite accepted , but he could n't rid himself of the memory of his wife gazing blankly at the breakfast table with only the prospect of clearing it . |
2 | Kruger did n't soil himself with the lucre , but Lorre had his fist out at every opportunity , and was wadding the bills into a fat , healthy roll while his master attempted union with the Infinite . |
3 | After seeing the professionals at work , Colin ( 7 ) from Duke Street , Leith , does n't see himself as a presenter — because of the lights . |
4 | People who wanted information from him were noting his silence and making their judgments accordingly ; his life seemed to be funnelling down into a pit like so much waste water , and yet he could n't stir himself to the right kind of action . |
5 | The power axe , clenched in his mailed fist , still hewed away at the same small area in front of him , but for the life of him he could n't push himself into the space it liquefied , nor could he shift the weapon to left or to right , so firmly was his arm held by the hydra . |
6 | No that consideration , I think , you know if he did n't kill himself with a chainsaw he 'd probably be alright with the shredder . |
7 | And he did n't deceive himself about the nature of her hold on him . |