Example sentences of "[vb past] himself before " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laid the picture down and seated himself before the table . |
| 2 | He prinked himself before the glass where formerly he had gazed . |
| 3 | He bent and twisted himself before it , jerking suddenly this way and that , as if he were lying in wait for disease , determined to pounce on it before it could strike . |
| 4 | Assistant manager Mick Tait said : ‘ He was pencilled in to play , but he withdrew himself before the game . ’ |
| 5 | The huge Marine — so much more distinguished in his uniform than any motley planetary trooper — planted himself before Yeremi like some human pillar that ten such troopers would be hard put to tumble , should they be so suicidally inclined . |
| 6 | According to the Legend — the propaganda of a papacy that by this time was endeavouring to assert its independence of the emperor — on the eighth day after his conversion , the Emperor Constantine divested himself of the imperial symbols , prostrated himself before Pope Sylvester and laid down his crown . |
| 7 | Mr Mackie claimed Murray had heated up some heroin in a spoon and injected himself before giving him enough heroin for his own injection . |
| 8 | Benstede swept through the hall and tactfully presented himself before this array of the most powerful magnates in Scotland . |
| 9 | But seven years later in 1935 , on the eve of the Italian invasion , while the war drums were beating outside the palace to summon the nation to war , an old man presented himself before the Emperor . |
| 10 | One of many photographers who had been lurking among the azaleas seemed to take hope at the sight of such an obviously affectionate couple and presented himself before them . |
| 11 | Mr Mellor was a great individualist , always putting on a good performance for the cameras , but he put himself before the Cabinet team . |
| 12 | Another key piece of evidence was Magee 's palm print on the roof of the police car , matching Pc Kelly 's description of how he steadied himself before firing . |
| 13 | The new Sunderland striker steadied himself before blasting an unstoppable left-foot drive past Karavaev . |