Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] himself in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We floated quickly across — no artificial grav even in a Manport — to be greeted by a small pale human wearing lushly decorated robes , who abased himself in the manner of a true flunkey and then blandly introduced as one y'Pripio . |
| 2 | But Harris , who made 47 in the first innings and Puddle who promoted himself in the batting order had other ideas . |
| 3 | But this had never required him to put himself in the spotlight . |
| 4 | He lowered himself in the saddle , then turned , looking back at her . |
| 5 | Actually , thought Henry , as he checked himself in the mirror , no one , not even the police , would be stupid enough to imagine that Elinor could be the victim of a crime passionnel . |
| 6 | During the second number , he draped himself in the Union Jack , presumably in an attempt to endear himself to the bulldog breed . |
| 7 | His eyes skimmed her face , his expression unreadable , as he seated himself in the armchair opposite her . |
| 8 | When he had settled her , gently and with professional competence , he seated himself in the chair opposite . |
| 9 | Then he was reaching for his own glass and inviting her to sit in one of the wicker armchairs overlooking the bay while he seated himself in the chair beside her . |
| 10 | The same year , he found himself in the company of Mona , who described herself in court as an ‘ apolitical pacifist ’ who spread her huge family wealth in a series of film , TV , stage and property ventures . |
| 11 | The benefits of this system can be demonstrated by the example of the trader who carted a crate of whetstones from Craven Arms , or possibly from Stony Stratford , to Wroxeter for a market day , where he found himself in the company of other merchants selling mortaria as well as samian ware from Gaul . |
| 12 | Surere was already looking sleeker , Huy thought , as he tried to banish the servile feelings which still rose to the surface when he found himself in the company of his former superior . |
| 13 | Gloucester 's influence may also have been at work in the selection of a duchy of Lancaster lawyer as the new recorder of London in June 1483 , although the man concerned ( Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe , Lincs. ) preserved a studied neutrality when , only days after his appointment , he found himself in the middle of the deposition crisis . |
| 14 | Gloucester 's influence may also have been at work in the selection of a duchy of Lancaster lawyer as the new recorder of London in June 1483 , although the man concerned ( Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe , Lincs. ) preserved a studied neutrality when , only days after his appointment , he found himself in the middle of the deposition crisis . |
| 15 | And he found himself in the starting line-up when top scorer Chris Kiwomya went down with flu . |
| 16 | Somehow he found himself in the street , walking , although he did not know where . |
| 17 | The Zeltweg race was , after all , on Niki 's home territory , and when Prost spun off on a patch of oil , the race took on a new perspective for Niki : he found himself in the lead , with Piquet behind him and no threat with badly worn tyres . |
| 18 | I suppo I suppose it was cheaper in a way because erm he found himself in the shop a lot more , he could n't afford the staff that he had , he had used to have two people working for him . |
| 19 | Akroyd Stuart was elected a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1901 , but a few years previously he had emigrated to Australia , where he involved himself in the design and manufacture of the Akroyd patent down-draught gas producer . |
| 20 | He was told that , if he behaved himself in the segregation block where he was being held , he would be allowed to make a call to his father who was seriously ill . |
| 21 | Unfortunately for Charles , the Director 's job turned out to be beyond his actually rather limited administrative abilities and , unable to assert himself in that field , he busied himself in the teaching side of things . |
| 22 | He poked himself in the chest . |
| 23 | Practice partner Jack Nicklaus also had an ignominious start , and even Norman himself had contemplated whether he might sue the Royal & Ancient if he injured himself in the dune grass . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He parked himself in the seat opposite and picked up the menu . |
| 26 | Best of all , his work would take on a new virility once he rooted himself in the earth and responded to what he called its ‘ music ’ , experiencing its moods as ‘ symphonic , dramatic ’ . |
| 27 | As a developing pianist in his teens , he soaked himself in the music of Mozart , Beethoven and , most of all , Elgar , with whose musical language he found much affinity . |
| 28 | All day he sees himself in the glass darkly |
| 29 | She had gone out to the Windmill for ale while he contented himself in the kitchen . |
| 30 | So I — I — ’ he jabbed himself in the chest with a finger' — had to find her alternative accommodations . ’ |