Example sentences of "[vb base] himself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , she seemed to have forgotten all about it , because she told him to pull up a chair and warm himself by the fire . |
| 2 | In 1827 Sewell , in his introductory lecture , said he would not , in his lectures on surgery , confine himself to the horse . |
| 3 | The first was over the board 's decision to close the senior staff dining-room and require staff to eat in the staff canteen : Fred apparently thinks you initiated this policy , and resents the fact that he will no longer be able to produce a limited number of high-quality meals and thus ingratiate himself with the senior staff . |
| 4 | Let the wave carry him up and then sort of hurl himself off the top of it . |
| 5 | ‘ And possibly kill himself in the process . ’ |
| 6 | Only after his son 's arrival at his camp did Henry II rouse himself from the passivity of the last month . |
| 7 | Simon had put Ben onto his lead so that he did n't run back down to the beach and cut himself on the rusty barbed wire . |
| 8 | Let himself into the kiosk , did n't get any cash , so he did a bit of damage . |
| 9 | Peter walked up the concrete path and let himself into the house . |
| 10 | Dean climbed off the roof and let himself into the car the way he had come . |
| 11 | Lorton glanced over his shoulder and let himself into the flat with the key he had found on Celia 's mantelpiece . |
| 12 | He took out a key and let himself into the building . |
| 13 | Craig Chalmers must continue to bring his backs into the game rather than kick away possession or run himself into the thickest traffic . |
| 14 | Will he extend warmhearted support to the Labour party , which advocates such a policy , but dissociate himself from the actions of the shadow Home Secretary and the Leader of the Labour party who buy foreign cars ? |
| 15 | ‘ I hope John will work exceptionally hard and get himself on the bench for the QPR game . |
| 16 | Six was brought up in the family business but declining trade prompted him to retire early and devote himself to the wide range of interests typical of an eighteenth-century intellectual , although there is no evidence that he ever received any formal training . |
| 17 | Sooner or later , he would have to flesh out his identity and define himself to the French people , by stating his views on difficult and often divisive issues . |
| 18 | The eldest , Thomas , was to have ‘ all my books in case he betake himself to the study and practice of physic ’ . |
| 19 | Joseph watched Tran Van Hieu 's father lower himself to the ground with difficulty for the third time . |
| 20 | But Pip , as a gentleman , does not move into a sparkling world of pleasure where he lives ‘ happily ever after ’ , instead he find himself in the corrupt , sordid London . |
| 21 | However , God Himself dealt with that barrier when God the Son , Jesus Christ , came to earth and sacrifice Himself on the Cross of Calvary to pay the penalty for the sins of others . |
| 22 | In more than one crunch game when the pressure was off and the ball was in the opposition 's half , Frank would climb on to the bar and endear himself to the Celtic faithful by pretending to sleep on the woodwork . |
| 23 | He saw William looking at him curiously across the crowd and then detach himself from the group he was with and move towards them . |
| 24 | Nenad Bucin , the representative for Montenegro and a strong supporter of the Serbian cause , similarly declared a boycott of the Collective State Presidency , stating that he could " not reconcile himself to the processes of deliberate disintegration " going on in the country . |
| 25 | Rather than have him insinuate himself into the building later and perhaps annoy her neighbours , she capitulated and invited him to the flat . |
| 26 | Yet Othello has the integrity not to make excuses for his error but to accept his responsibility , equate himself with the ‘ malignant and turbaned Turk ’ , and execute himself . |
| 27 | In Yohei 's case , this collapses into a craven botch — hilariously acted by Ryo Amamiya — in which he more or less accidentally dispatches his wife but ca n't bring himself to take the plunge and throw himself into the river as promised . |
| 28 | ‘ And have n't you heard the Scriptures saying that a man should tie a millstone round his neck and throw himself in the sea sooner than abuse a little child ? ’ |
| 29 | The ancient method of trial by ordeal demanded that the accused submit himself to the test of fire or of water . |
| 30 | In the event that for whatever reason it has not proved possible to settle a claim either extrajudicially or by Tender well before the Proof , the defender should in any case in which he approaches Proof without wishing to contest on the merits , protect himself against the expenses thereof by Tender . |