Example sentences of "[noun sg] himself to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes he would have liked to unburden himself to somebody , but his officers and men had their own problems . |
| 2 | Also , it seemed to Bénezet , in some excitement , and in haste to unburden himself to someone about whatever was on his mind . |
| 3 | I was yards away down the other end of the table , yearning to hear WHAT ON EARTH he was saying and suffering pangs of guilt that I spent so little time encouraging him to unburden himself to me . |
| 4 | In his well-known ‘ boutades ’ against politicians Pétain appeared to fear no one ; to Poincaré he once remarked acidly that ‘ nobody was better placed than the President himself to be aware that France was neither led nor governed . ’ |
| 5 | Finally , he summoned Pole himself to Rome to answer ‘ certain religious suspicions ’ . |
| 6 | Albert was the epitome of the wing-half of the 1920s because , not only was he a ferocious tackler and a prolific feeder of his forwards , but he could come upfield himself to great effect and possessed a smashing shot of his own , so that the ‘ Feebury specials ’ of the period generated a great deal of enthusiasm among Palace fans — and no little anxiety to opposing goalkeepers . |
| 7 | The show , described as a ‘ human demolition spectacular ’ by circus leader Jim Rose , features The Amazing Mr Lifto ( pictured ) , Slug The Sword Swallower , Mat The Pharmacist ( who practises non-incision hospital operating procedures on himself ) and The Torture King , whose act includes sticking 40 meat skewers through his face , neck and torso , attacking a lightbulb to each skewer end , and wiring himself to an electrical generator to illuminate the bulbs . |
| 8 | The main argument for the legitimacy of any authority is that in subjecting himself to it a person is more likely to act successfully for the reasons which apply to him than if he does not subject himself to its authority . |
| 9 | Suddenly he exploded , yelled at the porter to buzz off , and broke union regulations by pushing the children 's luggage himself to the two West Indian women who were meeting them . |
| 10 | By the fifth week , La Croix was linking names of bishops with the general gist of what they had said in the debates : its editor had the good fortune himself to be a peritus . |
| 11 | He must discipline himself to rigorously avoid any form of activity , be this mental or physical . |
| 12 | If only he would discipline himself to regular medication and give up smoking … ’ |
| 13 | Had General Francis not had his two sticks propped against his chair as a tangible reminder of his condition , and had he not , as had now been explained to me , been making this social call to thank me for nursing his son after paying a second professional visit himself to Bernard Remington-Hart , his appearance and that Rolls outside would have frozen Margaret into a prissy caricature of her normal self . |