Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] himself the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without an art school training , Romanowski , now in his late 20s , has taught himself the methods of the masters through reproductions in books and paintings hanging on gallery walls . |
| 2 | Stevie cos he tried to fry himself the other week |
| 3 | But now Mr Gorbachev has made himself the unpalatable alternative . |
| 4 | A freelance musician has found himself the perfect practice room … an empty theatre which he has all to himself . |
| 5 | He has set himself the task of trying to discuss the agenda Labour needs to develop over the next two decades on issues such as training , education and poverty . |
| 6 | Although questions of interpretation are traditionally questions of law the court will intervene only if the expert has asked himself the " wrong question " : see 13.6.8 , 13.8 and 13.9 . |
| 7 | The parties have to accept the expert 's decision , unless he has asked himself the wrong question of law : Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC plc [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 . |
| 8 | Whichever way a point of law is resolved , including without lawyers being consulted , a decision on a point of law will stand unless the expert has asked himself the wrong question of law . |
| 9 | However , this line of challenge has been closed down by Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC plc [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 , which allows challenges only if the expert has asked himself the wrong question , including a question of law . |
| 10 | A party who wishes to appeal from a decision of an expert will be able to do so only : ( 1 ) if the expert has decided the wrong issue ; or ( 2 ) if the expert has asked himself the wrong question : see 13.6.8 . |
| 11 | Clinton was expected to declare himself the winner at 4am British time , even before some polls on the west coast closed . |
| 12 | He asked for and was sent Sketches of Anatomy for Artists ' Use , and struggled to teach himself the complexities of bones and muscles by endless copying . |
| 13 | At last he saw that , if he was ever to eliminate his old habits , then he must refuse to do anything at all until he had given himself the directions . |
| 14 | He had bought himself the latest issue of Wildlife and was immersed in an article about otters . |
| 15 | While Sarazen felt ‘ the biggest heel in the world ’ , he also knew he had to give himself the best chance of winning the Open ; and that , regrettably , could not be achieved with his old caddie Dan . |
| 16 | In retirement he had set himself the task of making a replica Tomkin long-case clock . |
| 17 | Thanks to whoever it was , Baldwin by the spring of 1924 was making surprisingly good progress toward the political objectives which he had set himself the previous autumn . |
| 18 | Peirce had set himself the task of methodically classifying , and looking for applications of , the n-dimensional systems for all |
| 19 | Jim and Louise , however , had been forced to remain with their captor alongside the open trapdoor , until he had satisfied himself the coast was completely clear . |
| 20 | In Halton , where lord Stanley was receiver , the duke never received his fee as steward , and Stanley continued to pay himself the fee as both constable and steward on the authority of the 1461 letters patent . |
| 21 | In Halton , where lord Stanley was receiver , the duke never received his fee as steward , and Stanley continued to pay himself the fee as both constable and steward on the authority of the 1461 letters patent . |
| 22 | He had left himself the option of return . |
| 23 | He had kept himself the most aloof from the crisis so far . |
| 24 | She was in some ways , a female Kenneth Williams , an eccentric who could emote facially and vocally in a way in which Ken had established himself the master . |