Example sentences of "set himself a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 SMALL , West Ham 's forgotten striker , has set himself a New Year deadline to force his way back into Billy Bonds 's plans .
2 ALAN CORK , aiming for his 150th League goal this weekend , has set himself a new target — to join the 200 Club .
3 WITH the prospect of a five-year term , John Major has set himself a formidable agenda .
4 Stewart ( 31 ) will join the Glens this week and has set himself a three week target to be ready for first team action .
5 GARY SPEED has set himself a double task — to resurrect the fortunes of club and country .
6 SOCCER ace Gary Lineker has set himself a tough new goal — learning Japanese in just six months .
7 Prince sets himself a new goal
8 But Francis has replied by setting himself a new goal — carrying on past 40 .
9 Not only was he engaged in his publishing work , his meetings of the Moot and the Chandos Group , and his visits to Oxford for the Christian News Letter , but also he set himself a punishing schedule of conferences , talks and lectures ; in the first week of January 1941 , for example , there were six full days of such conferences .
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