Example sentences of "[vb infin] himself the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such as it was , it constituted a public place , and he could no longer guarantee himself the seclusion and privacy of the deserted churchyard . |
| 2 | ‘ You can see that he did n't give himself the time to finish it . |
| 3 | Abraham replies , ‘ God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering , my son ’ ( Genesis 22.8 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering , my son . ’ |
| 5 | He must take the words ‘ God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering ’ at their face value . |
| 6 | Nor can the counsellor set himself the task of dealing exclusively with one area . |
| 7 | Not only did he prove himself the master of a number of accredited and experienced Division Two full-backs but he was in his usual place of outside-right in Palace 's best-ever Cup victory when we walloped Everton 6–0 at Goodison on 7 January 1922 . |
| 8 | It is very simple : the artist can not allow himself the luxury of letting himself be manipulated passively by our culture . |
| 9 | A man divided can not allow himself the luxury of complacency . |
| 10 | He may need to do all this , and to ventilate his fears of a future without her ; but he has probably been told since he was three years old that ‘ boys do n't cry ’ , and that men must always show courage and maintain the stiff upper lip , so he may deny himself the relief of lowering his defences and ‘ letting go ’ which society expects the widow to do quite naturally . |
| 11 | If England fail to get it right tonight — 3–0 represents a convincing result — then Taylor will find himself the butt of far harsher jokes . |