Example sentences of "[verb] himself [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | DAVID Sinclair made himself the ideal employee when he filled in an application form for a sales job , a court heard yesterday . |
| 32 | His interest is unashamedly antiquarian and he condemns the iconoclasm of the early Christians , proving himself a true product of the twelfth-century Renaissance . |
| 33 | ‘ He has given himself a hard race , ’ said Josh Gifford , but if he recovers quickly the seven-year-old will go for the H and T Walker Chase at Ascot next weekend . |
| 34 | In the political parlance of 1992 , I suppose it might be said that Mr Platt has given himself a double whammy . |
| 35 | ‘ Should be , should n't there ? ’ said Joe , who 'd put his new jersey on and given himself an expensive look . |
| 36 | He also got himself a new caddie , Froggy Davies . |
| 37 | Albert Dawes would earn himself a permanent niche in any Palace hall of fame . |
| 38 | Here the Bey of Tunis was building himself a superb mausoleum . |
| 39 | ‘ He is no longer a baby , ’ Wilson told him , holding his hand for comfort , ‘ he will think himself a big boy . ’ |
| 40 | Over the years he had not only made himself a small fortune , but in the process gained something of a respectable reputation . |
| 41 | Ronnie returned to his native Midlands to become senior coach at Wolves in March 1965 , have completed exactly 100 League games for us and having made himself a popular fellow here at Selhurst Park . |
| 42 | He had also made himself the leading authority on fossil fish , taking over Cuvier 's work . |
| 43 | But now Mr Gorbachev has made himself the unpalatable alternative . |
| 44 | Erm and had he had he patented it or I do n't know about exactly the timing , he might have made himself an absolute fortune . |
| 45 | He had made himself an internal picture of me and now only examined it against my external appearance ’ . |
| 46 | Pourquery displayed a variety of touch shots and moved with great athleticism about the court , to defeat his net rushing opponent 6–4 6–7 6–2 and earn himself an intriguing place in the final against Hunter . |
| 47 | ‘ Did not he ever show himself a loyal supporter of the late king your husband ? ’ |
| 48 | He dropped the poker and went to pour himself a much-needed drink . |
| 49 | Now Pound has interested himself a great deal in the order of the Templars , to which Pierre of Castillon belonged . |
| 50 | Jim Bob , thousands of miles from home , still nurturing that Fagin-style goatee , sits backstage at Boston 's Paradise Club and allows himself a crooked smirk . |
| 51 | Flaubert allows himself a private smile : ‘ It represented the Republic , or Progress , or Civilisation , in the figure of Jesus Christ , driving a locomotive through a virgin forest . ’ |
| 52 | Nevertheless , the local historian will find it useful to think of his chosen parish or neighbourhood in terms of broad categories such as ‘ open-field arable ’ or ‘ wood-pasture ’ or ‘ fenland edge ’ and to set himself the fundamental task of understanding how people adapted themselves to their physical environment . |
| 53 | The year before , Ruari had built himself a wee turf hut among the skeps on the moor to keep an eye on them , but Mairi complained about having to bring his food so far , and he 'd given up using it . |
| 54 | We got to hear about this " mad American " who had designed and built himself a magnificent villa in an almost inaccessible spot on the side of the mountain . |
| 55 | For Martin had built himself a handsome new house . |
| 56 | He proclaimed himself a devout servant of the God of Israel . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | The Shah went in there and paused in front of the graben image of the ruthless and brilliant army officer who had seized power in 1921 , and ended the Qajar dynasty , proclaimed himself the new Shah , the first of the Pahlavi dynasty , and begin to recreate Ira . |
| 59 | Funny he did n't give himself a new name , but maybe he felt there was no reason why he should . |
| 60 | He afforded himself a quick glance at Plummer , who was still struggling with his spaghetti . |