Example sentences of "[verb] himself for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The priest must be celibate in order to purify himself for the handling of the sacred in the sacrament . |
| 2 | She was left thinking how hard he was driving himself for the sake of his adoptive family . |
| 3 | In what was seen as a policy of high personal risk , he proposed himself for the post of Prime Minister ( Ivan Silayev having resigned in September — see p. 38416 ) . |
| 4 | He had practiced putting on his kitchen floor at home during the winter to try and prepare himself for the greens . |
| 5 | Green Gartside sighs and lights another cigarette , bracing himself for the inevitable criticism . |
| 6 | He flung the bedcovers off and stood up , shaking and staring wildly into the darkness , trying to identify the threat , knowing it had to be the Corsican and bracing himself for the shotgun blast that would cut him in half , disembowel him , blow his head off , send it bouncing across the floor of the bedroom . |
| 7 | He was still staring at himself in the mirror , seeing himself for the first time as a man , not a boy . |
| 8 | He straightened his tie and steeled himself for the meeting . |
| 9 | Do we think of the young literary man as choosing , in a sense , to be a student of literature and to turn his energies to nothing — except perhaps earning his bread — to nothing except fitting himself for the poems we are going to write , or do we think of poetry as in a sense the bi-product of a life seriously dedicated to other matters ? |
| 10 | He had prepared himself for the Stoics match in typical fashion the night before . |
| 11 | Whistling ‘ I 'm in the Mood for Love ’ , and rejecting the buzz of his telephone , he had prepared himself for the chase . |
| 12 | ‘ Cup places are up for grabs and I 'll be watching carefully tomorrow to see if any player is saving himself for the semi-final , ’ said Malone . |
| 13 | He blames himself for the 35-yard rocket from Paul Gascoigne that ripped through his grasp after just five minutes . |
| 14 | Paul blames himself for the end of their relationship . |
| 15 | Initially , in November , which is three months after Stavrogin was quoting Hamlet , Kirillov 's ‘ ROLE IS A FACTUAL ONE ’ — by which Dostoevsky means he ‘ volunteered to shoot himself for the common cause ’ and leave a letter claiming responsibility for Shatov 's murder , thus diverting the attention of the police from Peter Verkhovensky and the quintet . |
| 16 | The Chancellor gradually retired from acting as judge of first instance , and reserved himself for the Court of Appeal in Chancery and for the House of Lords . |
| 17 | Charles … allowed himself for the sake of a few thousand pounds to be regarded as a greedy and litigious landlord rather than as a just ruler or as a national king . |
| 18 | Slowly , the guide bent down , as if to steel himself for the fight . |
| 19 | Delaney readied himself for the final assault . |
| 20 | As my right hon. Friend prepares himself for the important meeting with President Yeltsin later this week in London , will he take the opportunity of seeing what can be done to deal with the massive threat which still exists from all the different independent Russian states ? |
| 21 | At the branch of a St Lucia hotel , Doc pulls his face into a welcoming rictus and steels himself for the Happy Hour invasion . |
| 22 | Charles could have kicked himself for the cliché . |
| 23 | Just as the race rekindled Classic hopes for Stoute , the flame was snuffed out for Newmarket trainer Mohammed Moubarak , who blamed himself for the dismal performance of 11–4 favourite Forest Tiger , who trailed in last after coming under pressure at half-way . |
| 24 | He blamed himself for the death of his friend , thinking that if he had n't used the ouija board , perhaps his friend would still be alive . |
| 25 | But even as he braced himself for the end , Robin took a remarkable last photograph of himself for his family . |
| 26 | Knowing that it would annoy Geoffrey , Anthony braced himself for the ensuing argument . |
| 27 | It was obvious that this was where Harry Mack had settled himself for the night . |
| 28 | Harry had settled himself for the night and then felt the need for a drink of water . |
| 29 | Ramsay , accepting the need , wondered whether even Douglas would have the presumption to propose himself for the position . |
| 30 | ‘ Mr. Green finding it industriously circulated that he has entirely given up his intention of completing his survey , conceives himself for the liberal patronage he has experienced under the obligation of informing his subscribers that so far from relinquishing it , the Plan is three fourths finished , and that he intends laying aside all his other occupations to appropriate the ensuing half-year , from Christmas to midsummer , solely to that work , about which time , as part of it will very early in spring be put into the hands of able engravers , he hopes to complete it . |