Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] and [verb] himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OLIVER rolled his eyes back , lit a cigarette and said that the very phrase common sense was a contradiction in terms , and if Man — at which point he pretended to be extremely embarrassed and correct himself to Man-or-Woman — if Man-or-Woman had relied upon common sense over the previous millennia we 'd all still be living in mud huts and eating frightful food and listening to Del Shannon records . |
| 2 | He would time it just right and throw himself in front of the branch line train , he knew the train did n't go very fast but it would do … |
| 3 | ‘ I hope John will work exceptionally hard and get himself on the bench for the QPR game . |
| 4 | The next he had been jerked fully awake and found himself at the centre of a circle of strange , hostile creatures , the like of which he had never seen in his life . |
| 5 | ‘ We must tread carefully , because my postbag suggests that allegations of rape can arise from previously non-sexual relationships , where the man goes too far and persuades himself in the passion of a moment that ‘ No ’ means ‘ Yes ’ . |
| 6 | He found sweeping the floor too boring and manoeuvred himself into a role making electrical control panels . |