Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] himself " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the context of Coleridge this translates into the struggle between the emergence of his less amenable side , with his simple need for and love of people , which always included himself . |
| 2 | Mm , mm its one of the great arguments from the old fashioned sort of religion , that you could turn , you could definitely turn to people and say why are you leaning on me so hard , for all this to fought , you ought to be reading your bible , saying your prayers , going to church and getting in touch with the boss why I laughed when they were saying that Terry Waite would need counselling , I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably set himself two o'clock every afternoon , I remember what I can , book of you know I do n't suppose he 'd needed any counselling , he 'd probably do better counselling other people . |
| 3 | Mr Bérégovoy , who so prided himself as a good manager , had to hear Edouard Balladur , the new prime minister , describe the economy as being in its worst state since the second world war . |
| 4 | Ray was knocking them down one by one , unlike his tragic ancestor who only knocked himself down . |
| 5 | A host of examples can be cited throughout the period of Stewart rule up to 1542 ; the fate of the mighty earls of Douglas at the hands of James II in the mid fifteenth century , the case , enshrined in ballad , of the over-confident border reiver Johnnie Armstrong , who suddenly found himself the victim of the utter ruthlessness of James V , tell the same story about how royal power was exercised in Scotland . |
| 6 | Nicky Henderson announced yesterday that the eight-year-old , who apparently hurt himself winning at Huntingdon on Tuesday , would definitely miss the King George at Kempton on Boxing Day . |
| 7 | Lloyd & Co. had received their instructions from a member of Mr. Mahdi 's group who apparently described himself as the ‘ foreign minister ’ of the Somali Republic . |
| 8 | This she had done , only to find herself talking to a horribly languid sort of character who obviously fancied himself rotten and who , she was prepared to swear , was wearing brown suede shoes and a shirt featuring tattersall checks , accompanied by a green knit tie . |
| 9 | At its centre , the plain-suited figure of Sweeney looks like a city clerk , surely linked to the Eliot who jokily signed himself F. [ rancis ? |
| 10 | Perhaps he was too young to assume the purple , in which case the Senate would either appoint a Regent ( who usually proclaimed himself emperor and murdered his young rival ) or declare that , owing to an emergency ( the impending bankruptcy of the empire , for example , or yet another insurrection in Dacia ) , the throne would pass to a full-grown man . |
| 11 | As a consequence Bush , who once described himself as an " education president " , ended his four-year term without having signed a single piece of legislation designed to improve US schools . |
| 12 | The three incumbents , Neely , Ross Dykes , and Bruce Taylor , were joined by Glenn Turner , m Lance Cairns ( who also offered himself as coach if Lees did n't stand ) , and Bruce Morrison ( who dismissed Dexter and Parfitt in his only Test , in 1962–63 ) . |
| 13 | The earthly rule of Osiris was that of a just and wise king , who organised the agricultural , religious and secular life of his people , and who also concerned himself with peaceful foreign conquest , ably assisted by Isis , by his vizier Thoth , and by his officials Anubis and Wepwawet . |
| 14 | A purely commercial operation would have been happy to finance product-ions by Orson Welles , who repeatedly proved himself capable of producing high quality material on a shoestring . |
| 15 | After all Dr Kugelmann recommended Karlsbad to so untypical a member of the middle class as Karl Marx , who carefully registered himself as a ‘ man of private means ’ to avoid identification , until he discovered that as Dr Marx he could save some of the rather steep Kurtaxe . |
| 16 | Napoleon 's Number One Fan , who during Abel Gance 's film was accused by the man in the next seat of masturbating underneath his hat and splashing his wife , but who stoutly defended himself by saying that the unfortunate staining would never have happened if she had n't nudged him and thus dislodged the titfer from his lap . |
| 17 | Rush , later to be carried off with what Mr Bonds termed a ‘ bad groin injury ’ , also had a shot turned aside by Flowers , who later flung himself to keep out a stinging shot by Allen . |
| 18 | The preacher at its official opening in 1896 was the Revd John Hugh Smyth-Pigott who later proclaimed himself to be Jesus Christ and who became Prince 's successor at the Agapemone . |
| 19 | Saddam , a polished television performer , made considerable use of the medium for propaganda purposes , as when he conducted a conversation on camera with a British child caught up in the war who now found himself a ‘ guest ’ of the Iraqi regime . |
| 20 | In this , Rodrigo once again displayed his judgement of what was best for Spain , for under this oath Alfonso gained the support of those who doubted his right to rule , as well as the support of El Cid himself , who now showed himself willing to stand by the new King . |
| 21 | In addition the practice of billeting was used on occasion ; it is described plainly in a poem written by a Gallo-Roman landowner , Paulinus of Pella , who originally thought himself lucky not to have had Visigoths billeted on him , but afterwards regretted not having them to protect his estates . |
| 22 | Charman , who originally considered himself a bass player , was not sure whether he was in the right band . |
| 23 | But the thought of meeting a man who even believed himself undocumented intrigued Estabrook . |
| 24 | It was very much an artisan street this , but with a smattering of richer folk , too , so the shearmen , scribblers , shoemakers , carpenters and shop-keepers were neighbours to an attorney and two well-heeled clothiers — Thomas Clement , employing 11 scribblers and 12 shearmen , and Henry Sheppard , who even described himself as a ‘ Gentleman ’ . |
| 25 | Ortega 's defeat crushed a lot of left-wing supporters around the world , but it did not set back Gould , who immediately plunged himself into a new project . |
| 26 | While in Falmouth she was boarded by the crew of the ‘ Recruit ’ , a naval sloop of war , and a press-gang seized various members of her crew , including the unfortunate Jeffrey , who immediately found himself aboard the ‘ Recruit ’ under a Captain Lake . |
| 27 | That they are the work of his old age is significant , and was important to Hardy , who frequently associated himself with Verdi or the writers of ancient Greece who continued to produce of their best late in life . |
| 28 | Instinctively all on the walls and ramparts ducked , even Seton , who then cursed himself for a fool . |
| 29 | She had been bludgeoned to death with a champagne bottle by her husband David , 48 , who then killed himself . |
| 30 | She danced several dances with John , who then excused himself and went off to talk business with Rodet . |