Example sentences of "for himself [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The truth of the matter is that Picasso was almost certainly aware of tribal art when Matisse showed him the piece which he admired , but that he was still not taking it very seriously and only ‘ discovered ’ it for himself during his now legendary visit to the Trocadero . |
| 2 | Hatim asked me if I could confirm a rumour , circulating in Baghdad , that Odeh , Saddam 's son , had given a birthday party for himself at which he and his 300 guests had all worn purple and drunk out of purple goblets . |
| 3 | Either , therefore , Oswiu did become king in 642 , as Bede says , or Bede was able to date the council of Whitby to 664 by reference to the eclipse and plague of that year and he calculated Oswiu 's regnal year at this point for himself on his own assumption of a succession for Oswiu in 642 . |
| 4 | Originally from Turangi , in King Country , New Zealand , McIntosh now lives in South Wales , where he has been quietly making a name for himself with his performances for Pontypridd . |
| 5 | As well as his chemical discoveries he had made a reputation for himself from his electrical investigations . |
| 6 | God 's way of reconciliation is harshest for himself in his Son . |
| 7 | At the same time as the Nun 's Priest is made to try to claim for himself in his tale the equivalent of : he , or Chaucer , reassures those who are able to share in the joke that the opposite is the case . |
| 8 | But at the age of forty he was at last beginning to wonder whether the image he created for himself in his twenties could stay with him for ever . |
| 9 | ( There is one additional vocal air in the ballet , a patter song in Italian that Lully composed for himself in his role as the village schoolmaster . |
| 10 | Bob is advising Clinton how to cope when he leaves Stoke Mandeville in a couple of months time and has to fend for himself in his own home : |