Example sentences of "he [verb] himself to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sold himself to a local pig farmer . |
| 2 | George Hurst , the son of a curate , was born in 1800 and was apprenticed to a silk mercer at the age of 13 , at the end of which time he applied himself to an energetic programme of self-improvement and became a schoolteacher . |
| 3 | To and fro from Sydney to Parramatta he devoted himself to the spiritual and physical welfare of the convicts . |
| 4 | He devoted himself to the poor of Leicester . |
| 5 | His undoubted talents never blossomed in public life , and he devoted himself to an immense rebuilding and renovation programme at Chatsworth House , Derbyshire , where he loved to spend many hours in the library . |
| 6 | Unsatisfied , he helped himself to an old issue of Penthouse ( his brother , a window cleaner , had kept every issue of the magazine ) and , turning the pages at random , discovered Amaranth Wilikins spread languorously over three of them . |
| 7 | He held his last press conference in 1955 , but no more than in 1946 did he resign himself to a permanent retirement . |
| 8 | At a press conference he committed himself to a big recruitment drive for Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution , and , if necessary , to putting more resources into local authorities in order to make the bill work . |
| 9 | He ingratiates himself to the hapless couple , putting them completely at ease . |
| 10 | Above all , however deeply he commits himself to a long-term end , it must never be allowed to outweigh ‘ Be aware ’ . |
| 11 | But within twenty-four hours I told Ted that his only chance of carrying on as Leader was if he submitted himself to an early election through the 1922 Committee . |
| 12 | Recognising the difficulty that arises in the countries of central and eastern Europe , can he commit himself to the urgent introduction of EFTA applications , recognising the special bridges that they have with those countries and the Baltic states ? |
| 13 | He resigned himself to the single thought , that he would not see her again . |
| 14 | He resigned himself to the inevitable , and grudgingly muttered , ‘ Proceed with the prosecution . ’ |
| 15 | The following day he introduced himself to the Old Trafford crowd by appearing in playing gear and juggling with the ball before United 's game against the champions Arsenal . |
| 16 | He dragged himself to the faceless body . |
| 17 | He appears progressive in advocating an income tax as the basis or an arrangement by which people might give according to their means and take according to their need , and sees this in terms of the possibilities of socialism , but at the same time he lends himself to a strong laissez-faire interpretation highly restrictive of the involvement of the state ( 1978 : 315–18 ) . |
| 18 | Although born in the very purple of Whiggery , he displayed independence of judgement , and , in spite of his personal admiration for W. E. Gladstone ( tempered by a certain irreverence ) , he attached himself to the radical section of the Liberal Party . |