Example sentences of "who [vb past] himself [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cambo 's most illustrious resident , attracted there by its salubrity , was the playwright Edmond Rostand , a florid Marseillaise who built himself an extraordinary house just outside the town to the north . |
| 2 | The budget had been the topic of fierce argument , but in the end it was passed by a huge majority , satisfying the Prime Minister , who proclaimed himself a happy man after having threatened to resign if he did not get his way . |
| 3 | He deliberately shared the limelight with Tom Mboya of Kenya who showed himself a brilliant chairman . |
| 4 | The American government has just brought out two new reports providing fresh evidence about the life and death of the man who called himself the sinful Messiah . |
| 5 | The revolt against the Mr Bush 's presidency a ran all to Mr Clinton 's benefit and not much to that of Mr Perot , the acid-tongued Texas billionaire who styled himself the unorthodox candidate of protest . |