Example sentences of "establish himself [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | England have been waiting for Chris Lewis to establish himself as a genuine allrounder since he made his debut in 1990 . |
| 2 | When I became a permanent presenter in Bristol , the main newsreader was Ken Rees , more recently to establish himself as a top foreign correspondent for ITN . |
| 3 | Relations between the two countries had grown tense during the months prior to the Iraqi invasion as Saddam moved to establish himself as the dominant Arab nationalist leader [ see pp. 37390 ; 37472 ] . |
| 4 | The 19-year-old wonderkid from Romford could save the Gunners more than £2million in the transfer market by establishing himself as a key figure in his club 's revived quest for the Premier League title . |
| 5 | ‘ The Buzz ’ is a heavy techno track , already being played widely as a white label , from the man currently establishing himself as a major techno start thanks to his live performances as well as recorded releases . |
| 6 | ‘ The Buzz ’ is a heavy techno track , already being played widely as a white label , from the man currently establishing himself as a major techno start thanks to his live performances as well as recorded releases . |
| 7 | As a teenager he signed for Rangers , winning a League Cup Winner 's medal at 17 , and establishing himself as a prominent newcomer in the Scotland Youth Team . |
| 8 | With poetry about as popular as evening crochet classes , it 's no mean feat that Lemn Sissay is fast establishing himself as an ingenious scribe with a tangible vibe . |
| 9 | He has carried on the good work this term and is well on the way to establishing himself in the top 10 with 16 wins in the current campaign . |
| 10 | His predecessor , Centwine , abdicated on his conversion to enter a monastery , but of the details of the process by which Caedwalla established himself over the western Saxons nothing is known . |
| 11 | Stephenson , by now thirty-three , had joined Aston Villa in 1911 and soon established himself as a powerful forward . |
| 12 | Of these Tom Cruise established himself as a powerful actor and major star in Rainman ( 1989 ) and Born on the Fourth of July ( 1990 ) . |
| 13 | His first poems followed the Petrarchan tradition of his uncle , but he soon established himself as a versatile playwright , capable of producing dramas , pastorals , masques and , above all , comedies . |
| 14 | Keeton spent three years there before returning to Cambridge , where he established himself as a private tutor to Law students , while he waited to be invited to fill a vacancy for a legal appointment in the Foreign Office . |
| 15 | He eventually established himself as a regular first team player for the Parkhead club before he was transferred to Manchester United in 1973 . |
| 16 | Curiously , of John 's first hundred Palace appearances , almost half were as a substitute and , although he demonstrated great potential , he never really established himself as a regular member of our side until the autumn of 1990 . |
| 17 | Even more so than Aethelfrith , Eadwine established himself as a Humbrian king . |
| 18 | Or how about U.S. lock and Air Force captain Kevin Swords , who established himself as a world-class player and leader at the 1991 World Cup , but is still totally ignored in the U.S. outside the rugby community ? |
| 19 | In June 1937 Reagan took up residence in Hollywood and quickly established himself as a promising film actor , performing in eight films in his first eleven months and going on to make more than fifty films altogether . |
| 20 | Despite his obscure origins Warltire established himself as a fashionable itinerant lecturer on chemistry and a supplier of laboratory chemicals . |
| 21 | He swiftly established himself as a dominant influence in New Zealand station architecture and produced many remarkable buildings . |
| 22 | Phil joined the Palace in February 1984 for a modest £10,000 fee from Aylesbury Town , but he soon established himself as a valuable member of our League side , playing either on the left of midfield or up front as a striker , and he must probably be reckoned to be the best signing made for our club by manager Alan Mullery . |
| 23 | During the Polish revolt of 1863 , M. N. Katkov ( 1818–87 ) established himself as the leading spokesman of an upsurge in nationalist fervour . |
| 24 | London-born Mike MacFarlane established himself as the top black British athlete by winning the 200 metres European title , though his form thereafter lapsed and , although he made the 1980 Olympic sprint team , he failed to make the finals . |
| 25 | The early 1980s was a time of immense fertility for blacks in sport : as well as their presence in athletics , boxing and soccer , Desmond Douglas established himself as the top table tennis player in the UK , ; Eugene Codrington consolidated his captaincy of the British karate team ( composed mainly of other blacks ) and Roland Butcher became the second black player to play for an MCC touring side ( the first being Basil D'Oliviera of South Africa ) . |
| 26 | Second seed Sampras established himself as the odds-on favourite to win his second US Open title with a 6–7 7–6 6–1 6–1 victory . |
| 27 | England … … … 0 Australia … … .. 0 STEVE TAYLOR probably established himself as the rightful successor to his more famous namesake , Ian , when he gave an outstanding performance of goalkeeping in England 's final game in the Lada Classic at Luton yesterday - a goalless draw with the world champions . |
| 28 | In the Champion Hurdle , which he won at 50-1 and in the Sandeman Hurdle at Liverpool , where at 10-1 he gave weight and a beating to some of the best hurdlers in training , Beech Road established himself as an outstanding champion , and although he did not win the Charles Heidsieck Champagne Bula Hurdle on Saturday , he confirmed his position at the top of the tree . |
| 29 | He also established himself in the Russian trade , which during the French wars offered exceptional opportunities for profit . |
| 30 | These were years of growth in power and status for the skilled unions of mid-Victorian Britain , and Applegarth established himself among the leading union personalities of his day . |