Example sentences of "manage [to-vb] himself to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken , in the event neither fulminated nor frothed , and managed to restrict himself to a 15-minute speech in which he advanced some very cogent and well measured arguments for preventing bolting gaining the same sort of prominence it has in other countries — notably France and America . |
| 2 | His skull was smashed , but he managed to drag himself to the Roebuck ( no longer there ) , where he later died . |
| 3 | He could resist no longer , barely managing to drag himself to his knees as Fedorov raised the sword . |
| 4 | Right at the last minute , as the cameras were due to roll , the director spotted that Beesley had managed to insinuate himself to the ship 's rail ; picking up his megaphone , he instructed the amateur imposter kindly to disembark . |
| 5 | How Dustin would have managed to submit himself to a real auteur like Bergman must remain a matter for conjecture . |
| 6 | He had managed to endear himself to all of them within the week , and they shared his agony as he groped for the lines . |