Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] himself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shadows leapt and danced away from the light as he fought to steady himself . |
| 2 | He liked the good life , lived to enjoy himself . |
| 3 | Merymose 's story had made him want to lose himself . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're very kind , Sean , but maybe if it 's as bad as that my husband would want to go himself … . ’ |
| 5 | After all , he had been working on the theory for twenty years , and did not want to see himself scooped by an outsider . |
| 6 | At the inquest they said he probably had n't intended to kill himself because he had a return ticket in his pocket . |
| 7 | So the only way in which he can have any rights at all to Ricky apart from you agreeing , is to go to court himself , erm and I 'm inclined just to say lets see what he does . |
| 8 | It has never been doubted by the Tanzanian public that his aims were genuine , nor been considered that he sought to enrich himself . |
| 9 | ‘ Why would he want to kill himself ? ’ |
| 10 | During 1914 he completed only eight portraits , tentatively and experimentally , for he was struggling to find himself , trying out different styles . |
| 11 | Mr Ashdown yesterday sought to provide himself with even more leeway in a hung parliament by outlining circumstances in which he would not feel bound to vote against a Queen 's Speech which did not contain PR . |
| 12 | Bogie was given the chance to replace Paul Gascoigne at Newcastle , when Gazza went to Spurs , but failed to establish himself . |
| 13 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 14 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 15 | It could be quite disconcerting for the archer whose bow disintegrated to find himself left with a handful of bits and pieces resembling a bundle of firewood . |
| 16 | But in the early stages of his reign , as he sought to establish himself in quarrels with some of his more powerful vassals , Philip relied heavily upon aid from Henry II and his sons , from the family which he was to do so much to tear apart . |
| 17 | Hardly daring to trust himself , he gently replaced the receiver . |
| 18 | She held out the coffee but he did n't take it , not daring to trust himself if he reached towards her . |
| 19 | At p596 Stamp J asked the rhetorical question : … how can a British Income Tax Act impute to a foreign resident " for the purposes of " that Act an income of which the foreigner has divested himself under the foreign law and which in his hands is altogether outside all the provisions of the Income Tax Act ? |
| 20 | the income consists of annual payments made under a partnership agreement to or for the benefit of a former partner , or the widow or dependants of a deceased former partner , of the partnership , being payments made under a liability incurred for full consideration ; 2. the income is payable in connection with the acquisition of a partnership ; 3. the income arises under a settlement made by one party to a marriage by way of provision for the other after the dissolution or annulment of the marriage , or while they are separated under an Order of the Court or under a separation agreement or in such circumstances that the separation is likely to be permanent , being income payable to or applicable for the benefit of the other party ; 4. the income is from property of which the settlor has divested himself absolutely by the settlement ; 5. the income is income which under other provisions of the tax legislation is treated for the purposes of the Taxes Acts as that of the settlor . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , Fergus wants to lose himself , ’ Jordan explains . |
| 22 | Anyone who has enrolled himself as a disciple of Jesus will want to study the Gospels to discover his teaching about prayer . |
| 23 | Occasionally in the pursuit of profit he has to sacrifice himself to the ordeal of a business lunch with a customer , supplier or business contact . |
| 24 | Linlithgow 's Labour MP , Tam Dalyell , has aligned himself with local people fighting the proposed workings and has expressed concern that they could damage or destroy a line of beech trees bounding the site . |
| 25 | Without an art school training , Romanowski , now in his late 20s , has taught himself the methods of the masters through reproductions in books and paintings hanging on gallery walls . |
| 26 | It was ridiculous that he should think of lowering himself through the floor of the carriage , that he should contemplate hanging for moments or minutes beneath the train , that he should consider allowing himself to fall on to the frozen stones between the wheels . |
| 27 | Totally blinded , his spectacles streaming with water as he bobbed up , he tried to float himself into the galley . |
| 28 | Carlson tried to steady himself . |
| 29 | He slipped on the stairs and smashed a glass panel as he tried to steady himself . |
| 30 | He slipped on the stairs and smashed a glass panel as he tried to steady himself . |