Example sentences of "[pers pn] puts [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 When she puts herself down , we can accept her .
2 By drawing a rectangle round ‘ it 's a chronicle ’ Dostoevsky suggests a framed narrative for The Possessed like the story found by the frame narrator among a deceased ex-convict 's effects in The House of the Dead ; and by declaring ‘ I am a character ’ ( kharakter : a person , not a literary personazh ) he puts himself inside that frame .
3 He puts himself about a lot , tackles hard and works hard , ’ Bingham said .
4 Believing that an artist has to suffer to make his statement , he puts himself through dangerous sequences like cutting off his breathing .
5 He puts himself forward as its leader .
6 He puts himself in good light by adding that he gripped me tightly round the shoulders in reassurance , that he gave me brandy , that we talked long after the starlings had ceased their chatter , that we walked down into the street and discussed in jogging stride what guilt or shame or desire could do to the human soul .
7 He puts himself too completely into the role of the good man here , behaving .
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