Example sentences of "[be] [verb] himself [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Floy , who had been cutting himself a slice of ham , looked up , because there was a lick of anticipatory pleasure in Goibniu 's tone . |
| 2 | But I see there 's blood sausage , ’ he said , and sent them such a terrible leery grin , that Snodgrass , who had been cutting himself a slice from this , which he had innocently thought was something like the spicy Renascian liver-and-wine-roll , recoiled and snatched his hand back as if he had been burnt . |
| 3 | Encouraged , Bunny suggested he would be doing himself a favour if he asked Desmond Fairchild to dinner . |
| 4 | Jacob must be asking himself the same questions now . |
| 5 | His lips even moved a little , as if he were giving himself a consultation . |
| 6 | Glenn Hoddle wo n't be naming his side , until he 's given himself a fitness test on a calf strain . |
| 7 | our next stop is over in Herefordshire at Ross on Wye … we 're meeting up with a young tennis player who 's won himself a place at the world 's top coaching clinic … the story of Tim Bibby is our Friday Feature |
| 8 | Clough added : ‘ He 's earned himself a contract not because of how well he has done for us , but because I think he can carry on after 32 . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ He 's doing himself no good at all — just harm . ’ |
| 10 | He 's doing himself no favours . |
| 11 | Out-of-favour Neil Webb is giving himself a two-month deadline to get back into favour at Old Trafford . |
| 12 | Steve Richardson , who had a 72 yesterday , says he is giving himself no chances at all on the greens , Severiano Ballesteros has temporarily lost his iron play , Jose-Maria Olazabal ( 74 yesterday ) his driving and Sandy Lyle and Montgomerie , both of whom missed the cut , their confidence . |
| 13 | Here the Bey of Tunis was building himself a superb mausoleum . |
| 14 | He was pouring himself a brandy . |
| 15 | Anyway , by the time Maureen went on her annual holiday , Biggles was feeding himself a bit and coming on well , so I took over . |
| 16 | He murmured her name as if he was asking himself a question . |
| 17 | His goal was to make himself a fortune . |