Example sentences of "himself [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he points to himself nervously and says , ‘ No , I 'm James … ’ |
| 2 | In so far as the historian must now ask himself rigorously when confronted with new evidence , ‘ evidence for what ? ’ , this is an excellent thing . |
| 3 | Gennaro rose , excused himself politely and disappeared . |
| 4 | Not only is he generally responsible for the system but he also receives all appeals from refusals of permission , and has the power to call in any application for decision by himself rather than leave it with the district council . |
| 5 | Why , for instance , does Peggy not get satisfaction instead from trying to eradicate the difference between herself and Boris , e.g. by helping him reach the answer himself rather than telling him ? |
| 6 | In so far as Hartman 's book wants to be read as a form of fiction , one can make the adverse literary-critical point that the prose is dense and cloyingly arch , with a crooning , caressing quality about it , suggesting the tone of a man talking quietly and earnestly to himself rather than trying to communicate anything to others . |
| 7 | John Sculley at Apple Computer Inc is another name that has been canvassed , and he is the exception that proves the rule that an outsider ca n't run a computer company , but he came in fascinated by the business and devoted all his efforts in the early days learning about it for himself rather than relying on his minions , something no-one taking over IBM now has time to do . |
| 8 | But he disengaged himself gently and shook his head . |
| 9 | But he finally got there and settled himself down and lifted his baton . |
| 10 | He came in on a boat , I suppose , and he plopped himself down and began making ukuleles , very good ones , and some fabulous guitars which are quite rare nowadays . |
| 11 | Cornelius sat himself down and regarded the envelopes with suspicion . |
| 12 | He was only a boy , hardly out of drama school and scared stiff and , by the time he 'd pulled himself together and gone back to do the right thing by her , the girl had disappeared . |
| 13 | He pulled himself together and began to read . |
| 14 | He pulled himself together and gestured with his free hand towards the flowers . |
| 15 | Then he pulled himself together and said , as they mounted the station steps under the concrete canopy : ‘ Now if we were cops inside the covers of a detective story , Mike , we 'd know for sure that Hatton was killed to stop Pertwee getting married today . ’ |
| 16 | For centuries civilised man thought poetry was the pinnacle he must reach for — ’ He caught himself suddenly and smiled for the first time Blanche had known him to , the embarrassed smile of a passionate devotee who suddenly discovers that everyone around him , whom he thought entranced by his obsession , was in fact sniggering behind his back . |
| 17 | He loved these allusions to river craft and the water , once describing himself approvingly as looking like a rough bargeman . |
| 18 | He flung his head to one side and muttered something , his face was twisted up ; he pushed himself away and fell out through the entrance and on to his knees , and she sat down on the floor for her legs felt weak and the wounded one was throbbing painfully , and she crawled over to Sycorax and lay down beside her and sobbed hot , dry grief until she at last fell asleep . |
| 19 | The snake caught him again savagely round the legs with its jaws , but he managed to tear himself away and keep running until he finally passed out from shock and blood-loss . |
| 20 | Then he started to pull himself together , returned to Hollywood and stayed sober — except for Sundays , when he would lock himself away and drink like a fish . |
| 21 | He pulled himself away and sat on the edge of the bed . |
| 22 | He hurled himself away and tried to climb out . |
| 23 | ‘ I need a swim , ’ he said with a rueful grin , levering himself upright and glancing down at her with a look which sent her senses spinning into chaos again . |
| 24 | He drew himself upright and walked confidently through the bit of the lobby that gave onto the Cocktail Lounge , where ruddy-faced men stood panting and laughing , sleeves rolled up , ties loose , queuing for drinks or holding trays of them , laughing loudly in deep voices . |
| 25 | His knees almost buckled but he fought himself upright and managed to get Trent into focus . |
| 26 | Bonard drew himself upright and shook hands with everyone , once again the courteous , attentive head of the establishment . |
| 27 | Wasps tighthead Paddy Dunston finds himself upright and turned 90 degrees as Harlequins ' loosehead Jason Leonard turns the screw in a successful attempt to disrupt the Sudbury club 's front row . |
| 28 | He shrugged himself upright and moved towards the door . |
| 29 | Still dazed , the man eventually got himself home and called police . |
| 30 | Jesus pushed himself off and floated rapidly around the Lift , bringing himself expertly to a stop less than a metre from the slight form of Christine LaFayette . |