Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] himself the " in BNC.
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| 1 | God created us for His own purposes , gave us free will to decide between good and evil , but retained unto Himself the ultimate decisions about the creation of life . |
| 2 | They ensured that the infant emperor continued to study in Paris for another seven years and meantime the French Resident Superior in Hue arrogated to himself the few remaining vestiges of imperial authority . |
| 3 | After a trial lasting five days he was eventually convicted , under count 1 , of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception , contrary to section 16(1) of the Theft Act 1968 , in that he dishonestly obtained for himself the opportunity to earn remuneration in an office or employment as an accountant to a man called Burt , by falsely representing that he was a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and held qualifications from the Institute of Marketing . |
| 4 | A clause inserted by Lord Muncaster reserved for himself the right " at any time during the said 21 yrs " , if he so wished , to become a " partner of ¼ in the concern " by paying a " full part of the expenses from the commencement thereof of working the same … " |
| 5 | On April 1-2 he saw for himself the effects of internecine war when he toured the Natal townships ; on April 5 , after his meeting with de Klerk , it was announced that talks would take place in the near future about the remaining obstacles to full negotiations . |
| 6 | In some forests he took for himself the profits of the minor pleas : a thirteenth-century Cumberland jury swore that if any man ‘ furtively ’ felled an oak in Inglewood Forest , then the warden 's duty was ‘ to attach his body according to the law of the forest ’ to answer before the Justice of the Forest at the Forest Eyre . |
| 7 | And if Jesus incorporated in himself the double role of royal and priestly Messiah , he would indeed have been a figure worthy of such adherence . |
| 8 | One of the many who took upon himself the suffering of his parents was Norbert . |
| 9 | Samuel Johnson , a notable figure in the field of language study , took upon himself the task of compiling a dictionary of the English language . |
| 10 | Macaulay , like Baptist Noel earlier in the meeting , consciously took upon himself the mantle of a new generation ‘ who , although they have not contributed to your past success , are ambitious to participate in your future labours … the good cause shall not therefore want fresh champions , nor , if it must be so , fresh martyrs ’ . |
| 11 | He felt in himself the freedom that Minch , in her whispered final words , had seemed to begin to forget , and he remembered the words of his parents : ‘ One day you will understand the nature of the power of those eagles … those eagles of Callanish … honour their power , believe in them … ’ |
| 12 | As he screamed and clutched at himself the wizard dragged open the door , sprang inside , slammed it behind him and threw his body against it , panting . |
| 13 | The public man who earned for himself the title ‘ Apostle of Pembrokeshire ’ must have been tenacious and fearless , like most of the Methodist revivalists . |
| 14 | Wistfully , Jaq quoted to himself the words of an ancient leader of the middle kingdom on bygone Earth : ‘ In the land of a thousand million people , what does the death of one million of these count in the cause of purity ? ’ |