Example sentences of "name [prep] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ran away to sea at fifteen and made a name for himself as a good , but sadistic , fist fighter . |
| 2 | One day he would like to make a name for himself as a public trainer — but that is some way in the future . |
| 3 | Another performer in One Over The Eight who took to Kenneth with the greatest of affection was Lance Percival , soon to make a national name for himself with the top TV satire show of the Sixties , That Was The Week That Was . |
| 4 | Guy Ferris , already making a name for himself in the right circles , made a surprisingly determined play for the younger Miss Fox . |
| 5 | A year after our idle talk at Windrush , Judith Evelyn was in New York rehearsing her leading lines for Patrick Campbell 's great play ‘ Gaslight ’ , in which she starred on Broadway from December , 1941 ( the same week as Pearl Harbour ) for the next two years , and made a lasting name for herself in the American theatre . |