Example sentences of "[vb past] himself for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In what was seen as a policy of high personal risk , he proposed himself for the post of Prime Minister ( Ivan Silayev having resigned in September — see p. 38416 ) . |
| 2 | He straightened his tie and steeled himself for the meeting . |
| 3 | The Chancellor gradually retired from acting as judge of first instance , and reserved himself for the Court of Appeal in Chancery and for the House of Lords . |
| 4 | Charles … allowed himself for the sake of a few thousand pounds to be regarded as a greedy and litigious landlord rather than as a just ruler or as a national king . |
| 5 | Meanwhile he readied himself for a sixteen-tooth smile . |
| 6 | Delaney readied himself for the final assault . |
| 7 | Just as the race rekindled Classic hopes for Stoute , the flame was snuffed out for Newmarket trainer Mohammed Moubarak , who blamed himself for the dismal performance of 11–4 favourite Forest Tiger , who trailed in last after coming under pressure at half-way . |
| 8 | He blamed himself for the death of his friend , thinking that if he had n't used the ouija board , perhaps his friend would still be alive . |
| 9 | He cursed himself for a fool . |
| 10 | Instinctively all on the walls and ramparts ducked , even Seton , who then cursed himself for a fool . |
| 11 | Amiss cursed himself for a soft-hearted fool . |
| 12 | Malone fined himself for a lack of discipline on Saturday as Ards lost 2-0 to the Blues . |
| 13 | But even as he braced himself for the end , Robin took a remarkable last photograph of himself for his family . |
| 14 | Knowing that it would annoy Geoffrey , Anthony braced himself for the ensuing argument . |
| 15 | He gathered himself for a giant leap and SPRONG ! landed right in the middle of the sleeping ducks . |
| 16 | Buchan offered himself for the job , but Chapman valued him as a goalscorer , and the link-man role went to Andy Neil . |
| 17 | He anticipated and insured himself for the re-emergence of Richard Nixon from the political wilderness in 1968 , and correctly judged that Ronald Reagan would defeat Jimmy Carter in 1980 ( which was not such an inevitable result as the next eight years made it seem ) . |
| 18 | Undismayed , he haled an old man out of the audience , stuck him in the chair , and then spoke himself for an hour and answered all the questions . |
| 19 | Smith absented himself for the shortest possible time during the annual 1st Glasgow Company camp at Tighnabruaich in July 1909 to receive his knighthood in London . |
| 20 | Maxim instinctively smiled at him , then despised himself for the silly band-of-brother-soldiers stuff . |
| 21 | In its original meaning çift referred to the smallest unit of land which could support a family , and in the early days of the timar system the çift was the core holding which the timarli farmed himself for the benefit of his own family . |
| 22 | The military historian , James Lucas , who served in Tunisia as Keyes 's runner , remembered him as ‘ a gallant Christian gentleman who sacrificed himself for the men under his command ’ . |
| 23 | No wonder Edward , in order to protect suitors from ecclesiastical censures or reprisals , made available a new form of the writ which was issued ‘ on behalf of many ’ — ex relatu plurium — in which he substituted himself for the unnamed petitioner or petitioners ; this form of the writ enjoyed wider popularity after the Council of Reading . |
| 24 | Aroused by his orderly before dawn , le beau Colonel , under a tumultuous bombardment , composedly and meticulously groomed himself for the fray , washing his moustachios in pinard , in the absence of water . |