Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] himself " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd never wanted to screw anyone more in his life , but gently he disengaged himself . |
| 2 | ‘ Watts is really only sixth in the pecking order up front , but suddenly he found himself playing the biggest game of his life and he did himself proud . ’ |
| 3 | Suddenly he found himself alone . |
| 4 | Suddenly he found himself awake and alert . |
| 5 | He kissed me ; it was intended to be a sealing sort of kiss to show me that he believed me and that things were going to start being all right , but the kiss altered in the middle and suddenly he pulled himself away . |
| 6 | Suddenly he threw himself down on the ground and rolled over and over in the dust . |
| 7 | And basically he sells himself . |
| 8 | This , in turn , suggests that perhaps he found himself in a dilemma — caught between his naturally humane feelings and the logic of his unsentimental , utilitarian theory . |
| 9 | Leslie reckoned that he would be in no more danger in the S.A.S. than in the Parachute Regiment : or so he persuaded himself . |
| 10 | So he persuaded himself , for it made his own sin less grievous that he was not leading her into temptation too . |
| 11 | So he drove himself away again . |
| 12 | So he crossed himself and went away . |
| 13 | The reader may interpret the " flock " metaphorically , but by doing so he distances himself from the character . |
| 14 | He decided that the only way to avoid spending the rest of his life in the workhouse was to exhibit himself as a freak , and so he offered himself to Sam Torr , who ran a music-hall , the Gaiety Palace of Varieties . |
| 15 | He hardened himself against the sight of her ; even so he felt himself moved . |
| 16 | So he set himself an exercise . |
| 17 | So he steels himself and starts on about Ireland and exile , beginning with his journey from Dublin to work as a navvy in London in the ‘ 70s . |
| 18 | So he called himself Roger Short . |
| 19 | So he shaved himself in a great hurry . |
| 20 | So he found himself unexpectedly spending his holiday in the little port of Cassis . |
| 21 | Pontius Pilate , also he rejects the Lord Jesus and in doing so he hated himself for it . |
| 22 | Once he had obtained a post mortem report identifying the medical cause of death , that was taken to be the sole cause of death : the coroner reached the conclusion that there could be no other cause and so he precluded himself from considering lack of care as a cause . |
| 23 | William III is really William IV ( and we 're not talking William of Orange , who was variously known as Sweet William and Stinking Billy on the opposing sides of the religious divide in Ulster ) : the Daily Telegraph City Diary notes that Microsoft Corp chairman William Gates III is really William Gates IV but his dad wanted to seem more of a regular guy to his army pals and so he promoted himself to William Gates Jr . |
| 24 | Thus he persuaded himself when writing to Theo , but not when he was face to face with a spitting hell-cat who abused him vilely , telling him to stop messing about with his stupid painting , scraping and altering it until her nerves were in shreds . |
| 25 | Thus he trains himself eventually to tackle larger problems and to gain insight into the underlying principles by which these limits may be synthesized . |
| 26 | Thus he found himself working within the grey area between employment agencies and headhunters . |
| 27 | Soapy walked away from Broadway and soon he found himself on Sixth Avenue . |
| 28 | He first met Wordsworth in 1795 and corresponded with him thereafter ; meanwhile he dedicated himself to Left-wing political and religious propaganda , writing and lecturing in provincial towns . |
| 29 | Meanwhile he readied himself for a sixteen-tooth smile . |
| 30 | In Leeds meanwhile he interested himself in educational ventures and became widely known for public service . |