Example sentences of "[noun sg] to himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1924 he got a chapter to himself in Harold Begbie 's The Conservative Mind , a best-selling effort by a popular journalist to identify a Tory tradition representing the best in English life . |
| 2 | And I hear on the grapevine Trumphauser at Cornell is giving him a chapter to himself in his book on British working-class literature . |
| 3 | Edouard defined his work to himself in two stages : first , he would restore ; then he would build and expand . |
| 4 | It is most unlikely that Wordsworth ever thought of his philosophical ideas as a ‘ Creed ’ ; later he said that we are not supposed to take literally his reference to himself in Tintern Abbey as ‘ a worshipper of Nature ’ . |
| 5 | In discussion of the proposal to Islamicize Libyan law , both old and young took their turn at the microphone , the older men serious , sometimes passionate , arguing both sides : they set their approval of particular measures — the prohibition of alcohol , for example — against their fear of further state interference in religious affairs , derived from unstated resentment of Qaddafi 's arrogation to himself of the power to determine what Islam might be . |
| 6 | The user has attempted to submit his package to himself for approval . |
| 7 | Paisley had based his assertion about the danger to himself on a warning from inside the security forces and this fact meant that he could not establish the credibility of it by revealing the source of his information . |
| 8 | The government had plenty of dope on Mr Dixon , who drew attention to himself with his lavish style of life , including a fleet of fancy jets and fast cars , and a two-week tour of fine French restaurants . |
| 9 | What is more , the narrator can be seen to strike a ridiculous pose within this text in a way supposedly omitted from the Anglo-Norman fabliaux : drawing attention to himself with his unnecessary , insincere or ignored apostrophes . |
| 10 | The " subject of knowledge " , it is argued , should turn his attention to himself as a historical individual , and explore the essential aspects of his own manner-to-be . |
| 11 | The last thing she wanted was to be a pawn between the two of them , and was n't that just what Rune had made her by drawing deliberate attention to himself on the stage before making an exhibition of both of them ? |
| 12 | This action was very strange because Andries not only attracted a lot of attention to himself by the manner of his purchase but also the dinghy had a serial number on it which made it instantly traceable . |
| 13 | ‘ Your typical poisoner , ’ he said , ‘ is a drab , quiet creature seeking to call attention to himself by his crimes . |
| 14 | Since assuming the duties of senator a few months ago , Mr Krueger has drawn attention to himself by campaigning with Larry Hagman , who played J.R . |
| 15 | All the men on the camp were housed in brick built barrack blocks , and J. even had a little room to himself with a radiator . |
| 16 | The armourers all slept in a long room on the first floor , with J. in a small room to himself at the end , and it so happened that Matthew occupied the corresponding small room immediately underneath on the ground floor . |
| 17 | He can , though , take a quick throw-in to himself in the '22 . |
| 18 | The court said that the conclusion the arbitrator had come to could only have been reached by in effect giving evidence to himself in flat contradiction to the evidence given by the applicants ' expert witness , and the arbitrator was guilty of misconduct in failing to observe the rules of natural justice . |
| 19 | Do n't bother would be more honest , for he prefers to have the kitchen to himself in the early morning , to prepare his own simple breakfast and enjoy the first cigarette of the day undisturbed . |
| 20 | He justified his secrecy to himself as a necessary precaution , but , lying somewhat deeper , there was a wish to preserve the intimacy of the link with Heather that they represented , a desire to conceal both his possession of them and his pursuit of what they meant . |
| 21 | Mr. J.F. Cooper earned a Report to himself as Town Clerk , when winning the Lovell Trophy out of 34 entries . |
| 22 | When Nails had the refrigerator factory to himself on a warm summer evening he felt amazingly content . |
| 23 | He designed Horbury 's elegant Parish Church of St Peter and St Leonard , with its distinctive six-stage tower and had it built at a cost to himself of £8,000 in 1790–1794 . ’ |
| 24 | Nigel did n't appear to notice her lack of ardour , but went blithely on about having the house to himself for the weekend , so there was going to be a party , and he 'd come and fetch her — |
| 25 | After a spring and summer during which he was so busy with his ordinary duties that he had no time to himself at all — not even his evenings — he returned again to America in the late autumn of 1950 . |
| 26 | As with the Scarborough grant , Gloucester was surrendering land of little value to himself in return for a significant acquisition . |
| 27 | As with the Scarborough grant , Gloucester was surrendering land of little value to himself in return for a significant acquisition . |
| 28 | Apparently acting in protest at the economic blockade , a 52-year-old Lithuanian factory worker , Stanislovas Zhamaitis , committed suicide by setting fire to himself outside the Bolshoi Theatre in the centre of Moscow on April 26 . |
| 29 | A man has set fire to himself outside the Houses of Parliament in protest at the Bosnian situation . |
| 30 | Mr Chittenden set fire to himself outside the United Friendly offices in Clemence House , Werburgh Street , Chester , where his ex-girlfriend works . |