Example sentences of "[noun sg] that he [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only when he is out of his mind that he strengthens himself unwilling . ’ |
| 2 | They have taught us that man has meaning only on the condition that he view himself as meaningful . |
| 3 | Recording a verdict that he killed himself by an overdose Liverpool coroner Roy Barter said : ‘ He had been complaining of anxiety and obviously felt vulnerable before Christmas . ’ |
| 4 | The jury returned a verdict that he killed himself . |
| 5 | His work matured , even if there is no question that he abused himself and died for that reason . |
| 6 | It was at this point that he found himself face to face with Cinzia Miletti . |
| 7 | This experience had such a dramatic effect on the Pole that he hanged himself some days later . |
| 8 | He did n't believe it up to the moment that he found himself outside a half-house that had once been graced by a classical loggia . |
| 9 | Black despair engulfed him , and a loneliness so absolute closed over his head that he felt himself drowning in it . |
| 10 | The " Canal Duke " also illustrates another important point : it was as coal owner , not as agricultural landlord that he committed himself . |
| 11 | It appeared on the evidence that he believed himself not to be liable ; but he knew that the plaintiffs thought him liable , and would sue him if he did not pay , and in order to avoid the expense and trouble of legal proceedings against himself he agreed to a compromise ; and the question is , whether a person who has given a note as a compromise of a claim honestly made on him , and which but for that compromise would have been at once brought to a legal decision , can resist the payment of the note on the ground that the original claim thus compromised might have been successfully resisted … . |
| 12 | World-seasoned traveller that he thought himself Maxim sat glumly watching the dawn over the Washington skyline , having woken far too early and dry-mouthed from the air-conditioning in the aircraft and now the hotel . |
| 13 | There were , however , some true ministers , typified by the two witnesses of Revelations xx , and it was in this sense that he described himself as ‘ an unworthy witness ’ of the Lord . |
| 14 | As the young Emperor he had rebuilt the Red Fort in Agra in a new architectural style that he had himself helped to develop . |
| 15 | Sir John , it appeared , had retained a sufficiently fond memory of his cousin , and was , besides , so moved by her plight that he went himself and fetched her back to Switham . |
| 16 | The Shah shared much of Behbehanians suspicion of the British , But now in Aswan , he did not seem to be greatly in favour of Behbehanians suggestion that he throw himself in their mercy . |
| 17 | He 's going to need a terrific amount of energy , and he 's going to need it quickly , because he 's got to deal with this very dangerous situation that he finds himself in . |
| 18 | Pretending to be an ascetic , he slept while in the field on a mat of straw that he had himself woven … |
| 19 | In general , however , we would stop at this point and accept as an explanation that he killed himself because he found his personal circumstances intolerable and sought to escape from them . |
| 20 | He wanted to incorporate the individual into the collective in a way that he believed himself to belong to it — freely and without compulsion . |
| 21 | I am sorry , but the Prime Minister — I am sure without any intention — is not right about the way that he expressed himself on that point . |
| 22 | So it was without surprise that he found himself sharing with her one of the tinny , open-sided cars of the creaky old funicular that saved tourists the toil of climbing the seven hundred and more steep stone steps up from the Marina Grande . |
| 23 | None of these expressions implies of itself that God as God suffers as we do , still less , as is suggested in Margaret Spufford 's quotation from The Man on a Donkey , in her book Celebration that He renders Himself ‘ powerless against the free and evil wills of men ’ . |
| 24 | So a rich peasant will be able to keep all of the land he was working himself , all the land he was working by hired labour and land that he hired , er that he rented out as long as the amount he , he rented out did not exceed all of the land that he worked himself or used hired labour . |
| 25 | Once the researcher arrived though , Harrison was as friendly as you like , showed her around the house that he built himself , even showed her the pictures he 'd painted , and best of all , agreed to be a guest on Aspel and Company . |
| 26 | Mr , you you 've er commented upon Mr 's objection that he made himself , but of course there are he is appearing for many others , |
| 27 | It will certainly not allow the Chancellor to meet the target that he set himself last year of a balanced budget in the medium term . |
| 28 | The relative speed with which emancipation came about after he ascended the throne gives the impression that he addressed himself to it with enthusiasm , but even in Russian politics six years was a long time . |