Example sentences of "[v-ing] himself [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His spirit had not been broken ; rather he was afraid of tearing himself apart with the involuntary jerking of one side of his limbs in the opposite direction to the other . |
| 2 | ‘ Now then , ’ he said , crouching under the eave and seating himself comfortably at the foot of his bed , ‘ what 's it all about , eh ? ’ |
| 3 | But Clinton 's nationwide image as untrustworthy refuses to fade , while the insurgent Brown is enjoying himself hugely as the slash-and-burn anti-everybody candidate who knows he will never have to fulfil his outlandish promises . |
| 4 | ‘ Wants attention , he does , ’ murmured Tom , drawing himself away from the window . |
| 5 | Pushing himself away from the walls of the KGB building , Kirov walked in the direction of the Post Office . |
| 6 | Pulling himself away from the older man , he ran after Maisie , who was now somewhere out in the road . |
| 7 | He implants ideas , gives clues , prompts proposals , and avoids committing himself publicly until the last moment . |
| 8 | Oliver squirmed with excitement , flinging himself backwards on the grass . |
| 9 | Two years later in 1738 he married Mrs Miller 's sister , Susanna Kennet , linking himself securely to the Chelsea circle . |
| 10 | Stationing himself approximately in the centre of his front , he raised his sword high and ordered the charge . |
| 11 | Searching back wearily and wretchedly through what was left of the night they found Iorwerth dragging himself painfully along the grass like a trampled snail in a slime of blood , and two more who crawled and swooned by turns in the fringes of the wood . |
| 12 | The big Aussie fast bowler had drawn sympathetic applause from the crowd by literally dragging himself wearily from the field at both lunch and tea — minutes after his team-mates had run up the steps . |
| 13 | My master sat rocking himself gently in the chair . |
| 14 | Had Vincent sought pain for himself , putting himself forward as the rival of a man who was bound to triumph over him ? |
| 15 | He 's been making himself part of the England scene by acting as spy for some time now as already noted on the list . |
| 16 | He is one of the few first-class players who make a point also of drinking in the public bar at grounds rather than cocooning himself away in the players ’ or sponsors ' lounges . |
| 17 | From the beginning , the evening bore all the hallmarks of success , Luke adapting himself immediately to the light holiday mood of Sam and Anna , and sweeping Merrill along with him . |
| 18 | Much of his childhood , after the death of his father , and early manhood was spent wresting himself away from the embrace of his mother . |
| 19 | Pacing himself steadily along the dusty track , the Doctor halted when his flickering eyes fell upon an unnatural addition to the landscape . |
| 20 | ‘ Ignore the barrage balloon , ’ he joked , flattening himself exaggeratedly against the wall as the actors came out of the pass door and went up to their rooms . |
| 21 | ‘ When we understood what he meant to do , we endeavoured to dissuade him ; but he was resolute , saying he had not had a roll for a long time ; and taking out of his pockets whatever might be in them — keys , pencil , purse , or pen-knife — and laying himself parallel with the edge of the hill , he actually descended turning himself over and over till he came to the bottom . ’ |
| 22 | He later found out that a clerk named Winter had committed suicide in the cellar by shooting himself just near the spot where Durham saw him . |