Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] himself [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry Cecil 's colt proved himself a thorough stayer when running on strongly at the end of the 1 ¾ miles of the St Leger on rain-softened ground at Ayr , but the Champion is run over half a mile less . |
| 2 | A BURGLAR cooked himself a hearty meal after breaking into a fish and chip shop . |
| 3 | The boy raised himself a little from the bed . |
| 4 | Tom Otterness of the allegory of greed got himself a lot of unfortunate notoriety some years ago by shooting a dog as a work of performance art . |
| 5 | The owner who worked full time in the business paid himself a salary of £9,000 and also withdrew £1,000 in cash from the business to pay a pressing personal debt . |
| 6 | Nu found himself the ‘ treasurer without treasure ’ in his own words . |
| 7 | Forester allowed himself a novelist 's licence in The Hornblower Companion , where admirably executed maps with concise accompanying comment helped to establish the factual background of his stones . |
| 8 | Forester allowed himself a quiet groan of relief . |
| 9 | BORIS BECKER last night gave himself the perfect 25th birthday present , demolishing Jim Courier to become ATP world champion and end a disappointing year in triumph . |
| 10 | If her father got himself a place she 'd go and live with him . |
| 11 | At Warwick last Saturday , Storm Alert confirmed himself a horse to follow with another impressive success , and at Newbury tomorrow stablemate Country Member can sustain his own progress with a win in the Lionel Vick Handicap Chase . |
| 12 | The official responsible for explaining this stance hanged himself the week before I read this book . |
| 13 | It had been a debate in the House of Lords on juvenile delinquency , a subject on which His Lordship considered himself an expert since he had , indubitably , once been a boy and had , briefly , helped organise a youth club on his grandfather 's estate . |
| 14 | The words of the runner to Eli are very close to those the storyteller used himself a few verses before to describe the outcome of the battle . |
| 15 | The Friar cut himself a slice of crusty bread and a large segment of cheese . |
| 16 | He believed Mortimer Cropper thought himself the lord and owner of Ash , but he , Blackadder , knew his place better . |
| 17 | SLUGGER O'TOOLE did himself a big favour in reverting to his real name of Fidel Castro ! |
| 18 | The Feldwebel bounced up and down with laughter so that his hat fell off the back of his head and even the officer allowed himself a smile . |
| 19 | ‘ This morning the Emperor instructed , ’ the Patrician allowed himself the luxury of a scowl , ‘ instructed me , Gorphal , to protect this Two Flower person . |
| 20 | Ex-convict Charrièere found himself a huge celebrity when the book sold a million copies in France , two-and-a-half million in America and ten million throughout the world . |
| 21 | Death poured himself a mug of tea and took another slice of bread and butter . |
| 22 | Having established that his visitors did not want a drink , the businessman poured himself a tall glass of gin and tonic . |
| 23 | She found it obnoxious that her son permitted himself a living relationship when , like her , he should be occupying himself exclusively with a dead one . |
| 24 | The left-armer denied himself a sixth by wasting a cowardly bouncer on Malcolm . |