Example sentences of "[v-ing] himself on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And my name 's Ashley Fleming , ’ Ashley said , fearful that Simon might start patting himself on the back yet again . |
| 2 | Partly in the hope of keeping himself on the straight and narrow — you 'd be surprised how many gay men do that — and partly because he thought it would do his career a bit of good . |
| 3 | There he made a clean sweep with the past by changing his surname from Kaye to Kasmin and launching himself on a career as a poet . |
| 4 | No longer would he pound around the obstacle course set out by Newton and himself : there was a life he could live which took its time , strolled through weeks as if they were single mornings , allowed the world to come to him instead of himself for ever launching himself on it as if in unarmed combat . |
| 5 | Burton was hurling himself on the course most likely to tempt and test him to the limit . |
| 6 | ‘ How did you fare , my darling ? ’ he asked her , and took her hand , seating himself on the bed 's edge . |
| 7 | ‘ Indeed , ’ said Cowley , seating himself on the edge of the desk . |
| 8 | He reached out and turned the lamp so that it shone onto her face , seating himself on the edge of the desk so that he could study her . |
| 9 | Morgan , whom Engels followed , was once again basing himself on his studies of the Iroquois . |
| 10 | Therefore , basing himself on Marx , Bukharin rejected the idea that there can be no general overproduction ; instead he argued that there is a causal relationship between the various branches of production which offer each other markets for their respective goods . |
| 11 | But it is often assumed that so doing is to be following in the footsteps of Marx , when he gave his example of luxury goods production , basing himself on the premise that the sub-department lib produced only goods for capitalist consumption . |
| 12 | Basing himself on authority from the United States , La Forest J. concluded that any other rule would at best be inefficient , and at worst could lead to financial chaos : see pp. 194–197 . |
| 13 | All she wanted to do now was get out of here because it was pretty obvious that this woman had known Felipe when he was enjoying himself on the coast and there was definitely something between them . |
| 14 | The son of Rainbow Quest was always up with the leaders that day , clearly enjoying himself on the easy ground and eventually racing three and a half lengths clear . |
| 15 | Devon Malcolm was not sparing himself on a pitch which was offering help to all the bowlers but Waugh seemed to have a ridiculous amount of time to ease him through the leg field twice in an over for two of his 10 boundaries . |
| 16 | Wally was awarded the job for his bravery in receiving extensive brain surgery after years of concussing himself on the crossbar . |
| 17 | Minutes later Charlie was outside the tent , buttoning up his jacket before continually slapping himself on the back in an effort to keep warm . |
| 18 | David Holford , the West Indies team manager , said : ‘ It seems that the strain of at last proving himself on English wickets last year has had an adverse effect on his form . ’ |
| 19 | One trainee on a course for people looking for employment commented that seeing himself on video in a mock interview was an experience that changed his life . |
| 20 | ‘ ’ Men' ’ she may not be , but ‘ ’ man' ’ she 's certainly interested in , ’ he said meaningfully , tapping himself on the chest . |
| 21 | He wanted to rest and freshen up before foisting himself on you . ’ |
| 22 | Eventually Don grappled with the critical section , and with a quick windmill of arms and legs was up and establishing himself on the next stance . |
| 23 | On his way home to Philibert Place one day , Marco wanders through an alley to waste ground where a hunchbacked boy pushing himself on a makeshift trolley is reading to his ragged companions from a newspaper — about Samavia . |
| 24 | To demonstrate the power of the animals , a fully grown man stands on the back of the 6-inch-long shrew , balancing himself on one leg . |
| 25 | On finding his lie out , one challenges him , and asks whether he thinks he acted wrongly , and he denies this , excusing himself on the grounds that no one was much harmed . |
| 26 | At a meeting of local Serbian leaders in Orašac , in mid February , the thirty-six-year-old Djordje Petrović ( Karadjordje ) was asked to lead the rebellion , although legend has it that he twice refused , excusing himself on the ground that his violent temper would make him an unsuitable leader . |
| 27 | I know it 's silly but I find it hard to take them seriously and really concentrate and not be distracted by the local cat cleaning himself on a window ledge or some such thing . |
| 28 | Mr Masters enquired , smiting himself on the forehead . |
| 29 | I recoil at the strength of his putrid breath and yank myself away , but he grabs my waist and throws me upon the bed , pinning my hands down and forcing himself on top of me . |
| 30 | Very few films are about rape , although it crops up all over the place — from the narrative device launching an endless cycle of Death Wish movies , to general ’ scene-setting ’ in war movies and crime thrillers , or used with sublime insensitivity to illuminate ( male ) character : Robert De Niro raping his childhood sweetheart in Once Upon A Time In America , Bob Hoskins forcing himself on the maid in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne . |