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 .
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