Example sentences of "himself [adj] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shook himself free of the hood and pulled the shawl off his head , his face burning in humiliation . |
| 2 | He looked round and found himself three-quarters of the way down the bath . |
| 3 | In the process he proved himself one of the sport 's great survivors . |
| 4 | In the process he proved himself one of the sport 's great survivors . |
| 5 | Whether while winning the first US Open title in 1968 as an amateur or out-thinking Jimmy Connors in that classic Wimbledon final of 1975 , Ashe proved himself one of the game 's most gifted competitors . |