Example sentences of "[vb infin] himself in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I shall tell you , my Lord Coroner , how Edmund Brampton , steward to Sir Thomas Springall , did not hang himself in the garret of that house in Cheapside ! ’ |
| 2 | Yes , he 's a mate anyway , so , he 'll behave himself in front of all the girls anyway |
| 3 | A detective chief super should immerse himself in bumf until the last trump sounds and like it . |
| 4 | Once his obligations to the scheduled programme had been fulfilled he could then relax and enjoy himself in some of his and his audience 's favourite numbers . |
| 5 | Even today , with the growth of computers in every branch of business , it is rare to find a computer man who can explain himself in simple English . |
| 6 | The section does not specifically empower the policeman to give directions as to how the actor should conduct himself in the future ( as by leaving the spot ) . |
| 7 | In a sense it was inevitable that Kelly should cover himself in glory . |
| 8 | Mr Romiti , the ruthlessly effective chief executive who was their main target , did not present himself in court . |
| 9 | Worse , Luther would lock himself in his room until the table was cleared and the kitchen was empty . |
| 10 | He could n't disgrace himself in front of this woman . |
| 11 | What is required of the student is the capacity to identify with English : " Unless an undergraduate can identify himself in some sense with the subject he is studying , he is either reading the wrong School , or has no business to be at university at all . |
| 12 | Greg does n't pace himself in miles an hour … more … pints an hour … that 's the lonely life of the long distance milkman . |
| 13 | Was this a habit he had grown into over the years or had he always been like this , turning his wife into an invalid before there was any real need , a man who could only see himself in a solicitous relationship with other people ? |
| 14 | He liked the boy , could see himself in Michael . |
| 15 | Webster agrees but could never see himself in Simmons shoes : |
| 16 | Li Shai Tung stared at the urbane , highly-sophisticated man standing at his side and laughed briefly , bemused that Shepherd could see himself in that brutal portrait . |
| 17 | Can I argue and persuade for moderation , when every baron along the march will see himself in Grey 's shoes ? |
| 18 | He could see himself in the garden with Fraulein Simonis , investigating those dark eyes at closer quarters . |
| 19 | It is only in the pursuit of important goals that he may see himself in a negative light , and only during the recurrence of situations similar to the childhood loss that brought the negative schema into existence . |
| 20 | He had no time for school sports and would rather interest himself in planning and building a village on the school grounds . ’ |
| 21 | Typical of him , wrote a friend , was his willingness to ‘ clothe himself in the humility of a commoner 's gown ’ ( Oxford Magazine , 2 November 1917 ) . |
| 22 | ‘ making ’ the success but failing to ‘ recognize himself in it ’ , is alienated in the same primary sense as the labourer in relation to the product . |
| 23 | ‘ Did Pickwick sign himself in ? ’ asked Oliver , wandering as if by chance after her . |
| 24 | The odious pair are simultaneously cajoling and menacing : Ferdinand must remake himself in their image , or else . |
| 25 | Maybe the " honest " working man would entrench himself in his own institutions and , in isolation , be a danger to the unity and strength of the whole nation ; and maybe prolonged intransigence , accompanied by inevitable police control , would break down the divide between the labouring classes and the " dangerous classes " so causing the popular forces to unite and assume a truly menacing character that would be beyond concessionary control . |
| 26 | Either he could cling to that myth of the national leader , in which case the logical step was to resign and hold himself in reserve for another national crisis . |
| 27 | Charlie Mears does not express himself in Sanskrit , but the narrator of the text knows who will most appreciate Charlie 's story . |
| 28 | The character of Josef ( played with great skill by David De Keyser ) is sadly amusing — a writer who has abandoned his country and family for freedom of expression , he can not express himself in an artistic or commercial way . |
| 29 | He had acted rashly in coming here , but now he was here he must forget himself in his work . |
| 30 | Sometimes he would forget himself in the beauty of their flight , not understanding why people would come to see him and the other miserable eagles caged and confined and not seem to even notice the gulls and bold black rooks soaring freely and so beautifully above their heads . |