Example sentences of "[vb past] himself to [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Otley made me some hot milk and honey and helped himself to a cheese and pickle sandwich and a mug of strong coffee . |
2 | He strolled towards the table and helped himself to a biscuit off Ari 's plate . |
3 | Lee Chapman helped himself to a hat-trick in that 6-1 victory but the onslaught really stemmed from Wednesday 's failure to cut out Dorigo 's overlapping runs . |
4 | In September 1990 the respondent appeared with his new employer at the wholesale locksmith 's , and during the sales assistant 's brief absence the respondent helped himself to a key-cutting machine from stock . |
5 | In a sullen silence he lit a cigar and helped himself to a stiff measure of brandy . |
6 | –Full-back Gary Culling , who excels in getting into scoring positions , also helped himself to a brace in the 45th and 61st minutes . |
7 | He said Hobbins took the key , helped himself to a 20-round magazine , and stole a fellow soldier 's car to drive to Barbara 's Harlesden bedsit . |
8 | ‘ It 's not enjoyment , it 's ecstasy , ’ he replied , and helped himself to a glass of champagne from the tray of a passing waiter . |
9 | He opened the freezer and helped himself to a cold beer and the last of the chicken drumsticks from the packet he had bought earlier in the week . |
10 | While Mr. S. went to deal with a request made by Mr. A. , the respondent entered the storeroom and helped himself to a key-cutting machine from stock . |
11 | Whilst Mr. S. went to deal with a request made by the respondent 's new employer , the respondent entered the storeroom and helped himself to a key cutting machine from stock . |
12 | He helped himself to a glass of mango juice before he replied . |
13 | Morris helped himself to a couple of lungfuls of cigarette smoke . |
14 | But Evans merely grinned and helped himself to a stool from under a neighbouring table . |
15 | Charles greeted Joanne and helped himself to a large Scotch . |
16 | After making a foray into Bessie 's pantry , Lucien helped himself to a quick meal of bread and meat . |
17 | Kersey helped himself to a little more of the Stilton . |
18 | Jake smiled , quite unperturbed by her sarcasm , and helped himself to a shortbread biscuit . |
19 | Vitor helped himself to a slice of gammon . |
20 | McClatchey restored St Helens ' lead with a stunning volley and Pennington helped himself to a fine hat-trick . |
21 | Uncle Philip broke the armour off a pink battalion of shrimps and ate them steadily , chewed through a loaf of bread spread with half a pound of butter and helped himself to the lion 's share of the cake while gazing at her with expressionless satisfaction , apparently deriving a certain pleasure from her discomfort , or even finding that the sight of it improved his appetite . |
22 | ‘ So he went down , ’ said Frome , as if puzzling it out , ‘ and he helped himself to the headmaster 's sherry . ’ |
23 | He downed one tankard and , when the friar nodded , helped himself to the second . |
24 | Unsatisfied , he helped himself to an old issue of Penthouse ( his brother , a window cleaner , had kept every issue of the magazine ) and , turning the pages at random , discovered Amaranth Wilikins spread languorously over three of them . |
25 | Rex drew himself to the business in hand . |
26 | But Christmas over , he reapplied himself to the lute and managed to complete it . |
27 | Gombrich 's scholarly work includes many papers on meaning and interpretation in the visual arts , so that the broad but thin scope of his story of art is instructive ; by writing a survey he inevitably limited himself to a narrow range of comment . |
28 | During this period he was active in public service in Wales , and devoted himself to the development of scouting , and became a friend of Sir Robert Baden-Powell , the founder of the Boy Scout movement . |
29 | He devoted himself to the poor of Leicester . |
30 | ‘ He simply devoted himself to the sport and was never in any doubt about what he wanted to be , ’ adds Sid . |