Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] himself [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jeff Winter of Middlesbrough found himself the first guinea pig . |
| 2 | Denis found himself a little abashed , and rose to cover his embarrassment . |
| 3 | Edward made himself a cup of tea and vanished to the Britches , where he stayed late into the dusk . |
| 4 | Professor Roger Scruton made himself the spearhead of the academic attack , especially in his Peace Studies : A Critical Survey ( with Baroness Cox , 1984 ) , and Education and Indoctrination ( with Angela Ellis-Jones and Dennis O'Keefe , 1985 ) . |
| 5 | After the first success in the matter of Amy Larner , who was now comfortably situated with Dr Horrocks 's friends in Saxburgh , Edwin Frere found himself a little at a loss , for his parish proved less permeable than he had hoped to the motions of the spirit . |
| 6 | Buxton proclaimed himself an ‘ enthusiast ’ and in theory wanted existing slaves freed too . |
| 7 | It is ironic that by privileging sexual difference Scruton shows himself the victim of precisely the modern intensification of sexuality which in other ways he might regard as contributing to a legitimation of the perversions he repudiates . |
| 8 | Swod allowed himself a quarter smile at her recognition but his body was so unused to this display of emotion that he began to cough . |
| 9 | Doogie allowed himself a small smile of satisfaction as Shifty-Eyes hit the road , then he turned and grabbed Pointy-Beard 's tie . |
| 10 | In a letter to Einstein , Freud called himself a pacifist . |
| 11 | Manville permitted himself a smile . |
| 12 | Lorton left the pub just as Viol bought himself a second pint . |
| 13 | Gazza said : ‘ Some of what he did might have been wrong but I respect the fact that Maradona made himself the player Napoli could n't do without when he was in Italy . |
| 14 | Mr Barker found himself an innocent victim and he was questioned and released . |
| 15 | In the early 1920s , when the industry was increasingly the preserve of the studios , Goldwyn found himself an outsider , an independent producer in competition with the majors . |
| 16 | Briant allowed himself a small sigh of irritation . |
| 17 | Cornelius poured himself a cup and topped up the daddy 's . |
| 18 | Wickham fetched himself a chair . |
| 19 | Rincewind allowed himself a moment 's sadness . |
| 20 | Émile permitted himself the luxury of imagining I had come to Paris just to see him . |
| 21 | During his time at the Slade ( 1911–13 ) , Bomberg proved himself a precocious and innovative student . |
| 22 | Tallis sets himself the task of showing that much of the structuralist and poststructuralist enterprise is based on a misreading of Saussure . |
| 23 | A few weeks later when it came to the 1985 Budget , Nigel set himself the same goal . |
| 24 | One of de Bois ’ greatest successes was the sale of six works by Redon at the 1913 Armory Show , after which de Bois considered himself an equal to dealers such as Vollard and Kahnweiler . |
| 25 | Bloxham poured himself a glass of water , and took his place . |
| 26 | With raised eyebrows and the adoption of that cool , emotionless glance he had bestowed on her before , Marc allowed himself a brief , telling scrutiny of her face , then , apparently satisfied with what he read in it , pushed open the door and led the way inside . |
| 27 | Connor allowed himself a crooked smile . |
| 28 | And Judge Lawrence Verney allowed himself a wry little smile . |
| 29 | FURIOUS Ards boss Paul Malone fined himself a week 's wages after an angry clash with the Linfield bench as his team crashed out of the TNT Gold Cup yesterday . |
| 30 | ARDS manager Paul Malone fined himself a week 's wages last night after a touchline bust-up with Linfield rival Trevor Anderson . |