Example sentences of "[vb infin] himself on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Electoral law does not forbid him from describing himself as Conservative but his rival , Mr Gerry Malone , will describe himself on the ballot paper as The Conservative Party Candidate . |
| 2 | ’ ‘ It 's funny to think that only this morning we were trying to persuade poor old Eddy to go off and enjoy himself on a facilities trip to the Persian Gulf … |
| 3 | The tsar could congratulate himself on Russia 's first military triumph since the suppression of the Polish rebellion in 1831 . |
| 4 | He knew he deserved nothing and so he decided to go home and throw himself on his father 's mercy . |
| 5 | if you were buried alive , I mean , Uncle Nat when he used , when he was in , in Uncle Nat when he was out in the war , he used to come back home and he 'd only to hear a siren and he 'd throw himself on the floor |
| 6 | It simply did not , and does not , offer a framework on which to hang a convincing story … the geographer , when he analyses the material properties of the man-environment systems , must base himself on the central functions of that system , rather than on the traditional divisions of physical geography . |
| 7 | Acheson would not commit himself on the sums of money involved and indicated that estimates had to be finalised . |
| 8 | He must therefore satisfy himself on a regular basis that it does not constitute a statutory nuisance . |
| 9 | He 'll find himself on a brain-shrinker 's couch or in the bin if he does n't get a hold of himself . " |
| 10 | But we still have to train people to be able to cook under any conditions — a young soldier can often find himself on his own in the field cooking for a given number of people . |
| 11 | Thus it is likely Derek Turnbull will find himself on occasions deployed in that region . |
| 12 | That is not to say that he would necessarily replace Weir , because in the long term Weir could still find himself on the side of the scrum — his lineout talents are difficult to ignore , and he has revelled in the additional freedom that the No 6 jumper is allowed . |
| 13 | He must seek the advice of the wisest money-brokers and buy a pension scheme if he be self-employed ; he must see to it that he does not over-extend himself on the mortgage front ; he must run a motor car that does n't drink petrol like tapwater and wo n't break him every time it needs a service from a franchised dealer ; above all , he must abstain from vicious pleasures — or if he needs must indulge , then he must do so only in moderation . |