Example sentences of "[vb base] himself in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Place himself in your trust . |
| 2 | This created a tendency for the administrator to facilitate the flow of benefits which the state frequently confers upon private enterprise to private businessmen for a return , and , indeed , involve himself in a variety of legal and illegal activities for which the post of senior government servant is advantageous . |
| 3 | ‘ And possibly kill himself in the process . ’ |
| 4 | Perhaps he had been kidnapped or for some reason forced to adopt another identity , in which case he could be trusted to reappear , several reigns later , cover himself in glory and inherit the throne . |
| 5 | Simon was convinced that the only way to gain power over his nightmares , to rid himself of them forever , was to defy them and steep himself in further acts of intimidation and violence . |
| 6 | But Pip , as a gentleman , does not move into a sparkling world of pleasure where he lives ‘ happily ever after ’ , instead he find himself in the corrupt , sordid London . |
| 7 | And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water , and be unclean until the evening . |
| 8 | And whoever touches anything upon which she sits shall wash his clothes , and bathe himself in water , and be unclean until the evening ; whether it is the bed or anything upon which she sits , when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening . |
| 9 | The alchemist would burn incense and douse himself in specially prepared perfumes before carrying out his experiments . |
| 10 | It allowed him to take words that already existed and yet express himself in a completely new way . |
| 11 | It allowed him to take words that already existed and yet express himself in a completely new way . |
| 12 | He would time it just right and throw himself in front of the branch line train , he knew the train did n't go very fast but it would do … |
| 13 | The Shah shared much of Behbehanians suspicion of the British , But now in Aswan , he did not seem to be greatly in favour of Behbehanians suggestion that he throw himself in their mercy . |
| 14 | ‘ And have n't you heard the Scriptures saying that a man should tie a millstone round his neck and throw himself in the sea sooner than abuse a little child ? ’ |
| 15 | This year he could help Middlesex win trophies and establish himself in England 's Test side . |