Example sentences of "had [vb pp] himself to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Earl Marischal , who had supposed himself to be in charge , immediately yielded his position to Tullibardine , though retaining command of the ships which had brought them there . |
| 2 | ‘ A blow on behalf of the ordinary universe ’ Golding once called his own fiction in a BBC interview , explaining what he had thought himself to be about when he wrote Pincher Martin . |
| 3 | Although unsuccessful in his 1990 Senate and 1991 gubernatorial campaigns , Duke had shown himself to be a skilled politician capable of mobilizing considerable support amongst the white working class . |
| 4 | Above all , in his role as final judge and lawgiver , he had shown himself to be an exponent of definition and codification . |
| 5 | It is therefore difficult for him to appreciate the general view of the Service , that , on his return … he must re-establish his professional standing , even though a few years earlier the Service had sent him to University because he had proved himself to be a good , practical policeman . |
| 6 | And yet , a few years after Gromyko 's death , Marshka had proved himself to be an even greater survivor . |
| 7 | In practice this meant a marked toleration of a variety of extremist ideas provided that the individual had proved himself to be ‘ Jew wise , . |
| 8 | Fortunately Annellie Clyde was an inspired teacher and Artemis , besides being a very talented rider was also an extremely quick learner , so much so that the principles of riding side-saddle were learned by the end of day two , although without the help of Artemis 's new horse , Hullabaloo , who had proved himself to be somewhat too fidgety and edgy to be included in the preliminary tuition . |
| 9 | And one thing Fen had proved himself to be was very human . |
| 10 | During this eleventh-hour telephonic summit , Murphy Senior had proved himself to be a tower of strength and a fortress of moral rectitude . |
| 11 | Instead , he had proved himself to be capable of great human emotion . |
| 12 | After his long , slow climb Stoneley had found himself to be a novice at office in-fighting , some examples of which could make the brutal intentions of a common criminal seem almost harmless . |
| 13 | In the effervescence of his accession as His Lordship thirty years earlier , Fulgor Sagramoso had declared himself to be an independent sovereign ruler and a God . |
| 14 | Once again , Joyce had declared himself to be a British citizen by birth . |
| 15 | It was almost as if , after years of stolidly predictable behaviour , an old and respected great-uncle had declared himself to be a Buddhist or a Muslim or the follower of some obscure Eastern mystic , and , instead of keeping it to himself , insisted on dressing up in a variety of different-coloured kaftans and talking to people loudly about The Meaning of Life at drinks parties . |
| 16 | He could not imagine now , in this brilliant daylight , how he had allowed himself to be so weak . |
| 17 | Either the Führer 's statement , the report went on , meant that he had allowed himself to be badly deceived and was not , therefore , the genius he was always alleged to be ; or he had intentionally lied to the people about rising war production , knowing all the time that saboteurs were at work . |
| 18 | He had allowed himself to be carried away . |
| 19 | He had been discovered by a member of the crew and rather than be handed over to US Immigration officials had allowed himself to be buggered by three of the sailors , including the Captain . |
| 20 | Dexter had allowed himself to be hypnotised and still remembered staring into those wide eyes , as blue as the top of a ballpoint pen , with pupils that shrank and swelled in time to the man 's words . |
| 21 | The first time because he had allowed himself to be called away in the middle of things and had n't been able to supervise the men properly . |