Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] 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 But now Mr Gorbachev has made himself the unpalatable alternative .
3 A freelance musician has found himself the perfect practice room … an empty theatre which he has all to himself .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 He had bought himself the latest issue of Wildlife and was immersed in an article about otters .
12 In retirement he had set himself the task of making a replica Tomkin long-case clock .
13 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 .
14 Peirce had set himself the task of methodically classifying , and looking for applications of , the n-dimensional systems for all
15 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 .
16 He had left himself the option of return .
17 He had kept himself the most aloof from the crisis so far .
18 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 .
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