Example sentences of "give himself the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You can see that he did n't give himself the time to finish it . |
| 2 | I could n't see him throwing it away , but I did n't want him to give himself the chance . |
| 3 | It was as if he were scouring all the weakness out of himself by an equivalent to giving himself the disease . |
| 4 | Haverford gave himself the credit for being reasonably quick-witted , but now the old ex-pat 's meaning had eluded him . |
| 5 | Hercegovina achieved a degree of autonomy under Stevan Vukšić , who gave himself the title Duke ( 'Herceg' ) of St Sava ( 1448 ) in honour of the Serbian royal saint of the thirteenth century . |
| 6 | Could we not have all guessed that Lt Col Custer ( he gave himself the rank of general ) came 34th out of the class of 34 at West Point . |
| 7 | By leaving when he does , he still gives himself the chance of a second female but he minimises the risk of being cuckolded . |