Example sentences of "set himself [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not that he wishes to set himself up as a leader . |
| 2 | A self-confessed con-artist and charlatan , he used his ‘ nimbleness of wit ’ to set himself up as a quack doctor and an exorcist . |
| 3 | Where did he get the money to set himself up with a yacht in Burnham-on-bloody-Crouch if it was n't a pay-off from Maurice Abberley for services rendered ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ He won enough to set himself up in his own business , so if you see a ‘ Terimon Cafe ’ on the outskirts of London you 'll know how it got the name . ’ |
| 5 | The manager had been trying to set himself up in the Business when he knew full well that Clive had the franchise . |
| 6 | Chramn used his position in Aquitaine to set himself up in opposition to his father , Chlothar I , who sent his half-brothers to destroy him . |
| 7 | A self-reliant smallholder with a good workshop could set himself up for barn-drying quite cheaply , connecting a second-hand electric or internal combustion motor to a suitable turbo-fan , and leading the air through ducts on the barn floor . |
| 8 | Eminent and learned the judge may be , but he can not set himself up as God over all football . |
| 9 | But if Lewis wants to wear the WBC crown with pride , he must set himself aside from Riddick Bowe 's yellow-bellied tactics . |
| 10 | He has set himself up as a left-wing leader taking on the Government , ’ Mr Clarke said . |
| 11 | In recent years he has set himself up as a crusader for higher press and broadcasting standards , regularly harking back to the golden days of his journalistic apprenticeship in Yorkshire , where every fact was triple-checked and every speculation ruthlessly suppressed in the Hebden Bridge Times . |
| 12 | Courtney had set himself up as a pioneer working with women victims of sex abuse , drug addiction and Aids problems . |
| 13 | Engineer and motorbike enthusiast Terence Bird has set himself up as the sole European importer of Nanchang bikes . |
| 14 | The dapper , 52-year-old economist with his trademark owlish glasses had set himself up as a beacon of the reform movement as long ago as April 1991 when he led his party out of government . |
| 15 | Anyone who takes on public duties sets himself up for attack , and in Rees-Mogg 's case , the succession of posts was dizzying . |
| 16 | He sets himself up as the Father of the British Industry yet he does n't deliver the goods . |
| 17 | ‘ Another particularly odious corruption is the scholar who sets himself up as a unique authority on a certain painter , with the specific knowledge that , in cornering the market , his opinion will be essential for anyone dealing with works by that artist . |
| 18 | Edberg stamped his world class authority on the match , dominating the 90 minute final and setting himself up for the defence of his Wimbledon title . |
| 19 | Iggy Pop handled the first of four keynote speeches with admirable aplomb , setting himself up for a neat career in stand-up comedy after this rock 'n' roll malarkey is over . |
| 20 | The marines ' sexist and racist mutual abuse is part of their camaraderie , with the women getting the best lines : ‘ Were you ever mistaken for a man ? ’ asks one hapless male of Private Vasquez ( Jenette Goldstein ) , setting himself up for ‘ No ; were you ? ’ |
| 21 | Ron Rooney objects to Dr Mitchell setting himself up as a moral censor ( Chem . |
| 22 | Setting himself up as God … old goat ! ’ |
| 23 | In 58 ‘ your slave ’ , ‘ your vassal ’ is ready to swallow any insult or neglect , the poem concluding : The second-person pronouns come so thick and fast here that we can not miss the bitter criticism of the Friend setting himself up as a law unto himself , becoming so entirely obsessed with his own pleasures that he betrays their relationship . |
| 24 | Yet in everyday dress he was noted for the simplicity of his clothing , and for not setting himself apart from his nobles in appearance . |
| 25 | With his powers of observation , his smooth , fast-moving narratives and his ability to make characters live on the screen , Hitchcock set himself apart from the rest of British cinema . |
| 26 | So , with one LP , Morrissey set himself up as the new Tom Robinson ? |
| 27 | Henry then renounced the Catholic faith — when the Pope refused him a divorce — and set himself up as Head of the Church of England . |
| 28 | Leftwich moved to London and set himself up as a wholesale confectioner , with outlets in Fleet Street and Kingston upon Thames . |
| 29 | He set himself up as a one-man cult . |
| 30 | Australian Daryl Beattie , 23 , covering for Gardner , set himself up for a top-three finish at the first attempt as a factory-supported rider . |