Example sentences of "trust himself [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He still could not trust himself to say " Cara " . |
| 2 | After lobster in Sligo , eaten late and washed down with Macon Villages , they took the southward route to Charlestown , on the landward side of Slieve Gamph , then on to Claremorris and Tuam , because Rory said he did n't trust himself to take the coastal roads , to get too near the sea . |
| 3 | Perhaps he did not trust himself to mount that stool and do what he had to do . |
| 4 | The cap that happened to get overlooked returns the reader 's gaze blankly yet unavoidably , like the bill from a restaurant abroad which the conspirators find when they turn out the dead man 's pockets , and like the child 's clay whistle which one of them has provided himself with to give the agreed signal — for he has lost so many teeth that he ca n't trust himself to produce the sound naturally . |
| 5 | He levered himself away from her , as if he could n't trust himself to stay close , swinging his feet to the floor and rubbing a distracted hand over his jaw , and up through his hair . |
| 6 | D'Arcy did n't trust himself to speak . |
| 7 | Ceauşescu could trust himself to play the liberal , but he could not be certain of Gorbachev 's real intentions . |
| 8 | Harry nodded , not trusting himself to speak , clutching the neck of the bottle , not trusting himself to drink . |
| 9 | Harry nodded , not trusting himself to speak , clutching the neck of the bottle , not trusting himself to drink . |