Example sentences of "[vb -s] himself in " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in this passage , Genet not only disguises himself in terms of the law , but internalizes the disguise . |
| 2 | fairy-tale in which the wolf kills and eats the grandmother of a little girl called Little Red Riding Hood , then gets into her bed and disguises himself in her clothes to trap the child . |
| 3 | The court held that where a person places himself in danger and it is foreseeable that another person may attempt a rescue , the rescued person owes a duty of care to the rescuer . |
| 4 | This case supports the view expressed in Baker v Hopkins that a person who places himself in danger may owe a duty of care to a rescuer . |
| 5 | The former England amateur international , who still plays himself in the Bluebell Over 40 league on a Saturday morning , has persuaded several ex pros to come along , including former Sunderland and Ipswich forward Eric Gates , Hartlepool manager Alan Murray , former Newcastle and Sunderland centre half Jeff Clarke , former Middlesbrough defender Dickie Rooks and former Newcastle striker Alan Shoulder . |
| 6 | ‘ God fulfils himself in many ways ’ — because he does take history seriously . |
| 7 | It must be admitted that a great deal of what Judaeo-Christianity has to say about the ‘ goodness ’ of God is based upon claims about the way in which He involves himself in the historical process . |
| 8 | In these circumstances , where a director alleges an agreement with a committee of the Board for payment of remuneration , the court will not , in law or equity , award a sum to him for services to the company , as in relying on such an alleged agreement the director involves himself in an irreconcilable conflict between his duties as a director and his personal interests . |
| 9 | I seem to remember several cases in which the court considered to what extent the solicitor involves himself in the financial arrangements for a conveyancing transaction . |
| 10 | With the help of defiant stances and some actual fighting , Jock establishes himself in public reputation as the kind of tough lad he enjoys being taken to be . |
| 11 | I think one is largely on judging people in the hands of the media , looking at it from an ordinary party member I think it 's the air he gives , whether it 's an air of confidence competence and perhaps and air of confidence , the way he handles himself in the House of Commons , the things that he actually says , because within that time you 're not able , in fact , to have achieved much erm parliamentary wise , one very much has to judge a person by what he has . |
| 12 | Where Federman and Sukenick have stressed the specifically linguistic dimensions to such disruption , Robbins once again casts himself in the role of entertainer , trickster and comic commentator . |
| 13 | Romantic love is the nearest most people reach to the peak experience , for the lover loses himself in the beloved and while he is in the state of love , he forgets all his problems and is happy for perhaps the first time in his life . |
| 14 | Jilted lover shoots himself in Mercedes |
| 15 | It was squarely concluded that Hitler , through the over-estimation of his own strength and rejection of all overtures for peace from neutral states , ‘ bears himself in the last resort the blame for the retrograde development which has now set in ’ . |
| 16 | The fame of Ian Dury — godfather of punk , creator of Sex ‘ n ’ Drugs and Rock ‘ n ’ Roll and , as he describes himself in rhyming slang , ‘ Britain 's best-known raspberry ripple ’ — has not yet reached every corner of the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford . |
| 17 | But rugby maverick , 34-year-old Tim Wilby , now guesting with his eighth club and who describes himself in rugby 's who 's who as a ‘ socialite ’ , lends his distinctive skills and experience to the pack . |
| 18 | In a similar way , the argument goes , God reveals Himself in particular events ( that may themselves be the actions of His agents , like Jesus of Nazareth or Mohammed ) but can never be reduced to them . |
| 19 | Not only does that provide a common bond among humanity to evolve spiritually , but it gives an insight into the nature of a God who often reveals Himself in paradox . |
| 20 | ‘ He reveals Himself in a receptor-orientated fashion ’ ( Kraft 1979:169 ) . |
| 21 | All day he sees himself in the glass darkly |
| 22 | Philip the Bastard , half brother to Robert Faulconbridge , and son of King Richard the First , discovers himself in a position of authority when King John knights him and dubs him Sir Richard Plantagenet . |
| 23 | I have to say though that with the terms on which we 've gone into the European Monetary System , a six per cent fluctuation either way , which as I said means from two seventy seven deutschmarks up to three thirteen ; there 's quite a lot of risk there for an exporter if he prices himself in deutschmarks and he gets it wrong . |
| 24 | Looking at Philip Swallow now , as he seats himself in a low , upholstered chair facing her , Robyn has difficulty in recognizing the jet-set philanderer of Rupert Sutcliffe 's description . |
| 25 | Finally , Dina Vierny is showing self portraits by Vladimir Yankilevski , in all of which the Muscovite artist depicts himself in profile , among fragments of superimposed surfaces . |
| 26 | As well as giving reasons against Caesar becoming emperor , being no better , perhaps worse , than other men , Cassius also glorifies himself in this speech . |
| 27 | In fact , thanks largely to Sir Robin Day — ‘ the Grand Inquisitor ’ , as he calls himself in the title of his new book — the impression that the average viewer probably has of politics on television is that it is predominantly adversarial . |
| 28 | ‘ The shadow in which man walketh and disquieteth himself in vain' : see the Order for the Burial of the Dead in The Book of Common Prayer ( ‘ For man walketh in a vain shadow , and disquieteth himself in vain' ) . |
| 29 | ‘ The shadow in which man walketh and disquieteth himself in vain' : see the Order for the Burial of the Dead in The Book of Common Prayer ( ‘ For man walketh in a vain shadow , and disquieteth himself in vain' ) . |
| 30 | The husband keeps himself in touch with his femininity as expressed by his wife ; she keeps herself in touch with her masculinity as expressed by her husband . |