Example sentences of "for himself [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Making a name for himself as a boxer in the army had come easy to him , and had it been peace time he could probably have gone a long way in the sport . |
| 2 | One day he would like to make a name for himself as a public trainer — but that is some way in the future . |
| 3 | He ran away to sea at fifteen and made a name for himself as a good , but sadistic , fist fighter . |
| 4 | Samuel Beeton had already begun to make a name for himself as a publisher and editor . |
| 5 | He scraped through the Eton of Dr Edmond Warre [ q.v. ] , under the particular care of Arthur Benson [ q.v. ] , his housemaster , without distinction , but in 1902 gained a first class in modern history at Balliol College , Oxford , where he also made a reputation for himself as a roof-climber , despite his blindness . |
| 6 | Taken along with his restrained reaction to the repression of the pro-democracy movement in China itself [ see pp. 36720-22 ] , his attitude gave rise to some suggestions that he saw a role for himself as a potential mediator in the Hong Kong issue . |
| 7 | Bowie has already made a name for himself as an actor in a string of top movies , including The Hunger and The Man Who Fell To Earth , but this is the TV break he has been waiting for . |
| 8 | Picasso had already acquired a considerable reputation for himself as an original and independent figure . |
| 9 | He had a good degree in art history , and had he not gone in for politics he might have made a name for himself as an art historian . |
| 10 | To be branded an unfeeling brute reinforced the image he had made for himself of a man who was dog-rough , ‘ a foul beast ’ , unfit for human company , not to be tolerated in civilised drawing rooms . |
| 11 | I got the impression that he was extremely alarmed about his own position and was determined to eliminate any risk for himself by a massive change of Government . |
| 12 | It was each for himself in a hard , competitive world . |
| 13 | Lennie knew about George 's craving for freedom and often threatened to leave , but George felt obliged to look after Lennie as Lennie could not fend for himself in a cave and Lennie could not cope with going to jail or a home to be treated like an animal . |