Example sentences of "himself [verb] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having done so , he settled himself to wait with the patience of a hunting predator on the stalk , until the prey presented an opportunity for the kill . |
| 2 | He found himself struggling with the wheel , fighting to keep the vehicle under control . |
| 3 | Caretaker could n't bring himself to collude with the titter . |
| 4 | Seve , who had made four trips to the course during its construction , completed the tough par-73 course in 75 but announced himself satisfied with the lay-out . |
| 5 | Trade with them was forbidden , Thomson himself sailing with the fleet in an expedition which forced the colonies to submit ( 1650–5 ) . |
| 6 | Dr Postlethwait pioneered the influential " audio-tutorial " method of teaching freshman botany , stimulated by finding himself faced with the task of teaching freshman botany to some 500 and more new students every semester and with a timetable allocation of three weekly hours of lecture or lab time . |
| 7 | It is as if the speaker , in a state of semi-consciousness , was first aware of the stimulus , and then , an instant later , suddenly awoke to find himself confronted with the result provoked by this stimulus , without being conscious of the passage from one state to the other . |