Example sentences of "himself for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They say he would beat up the devil himself for a shilling , ’ replied Barney . |
| 2 | TV COMIC Tony Slattery has sketched himself for a charity auction — starkers . |
| 3 | Malone fined himself for a lack of discipline on Saturday as Ards lost 2-0 to the Blues . |
| 4 | He cursed himself for a fool . |
| 5 | Instinctively all on the walls and ramparts ducked , even Seton , who then cursed himself for a fool . |
| 6 | ENGLAND manager Graham Taylor is faces up to the most important year of his career , already bracing himself for a row which could undermine his World Cup plans . |
| 7 | mother you do not have to stay there , why , I mean he 's quite capable looking after himself for a weekend , you know my father had a series of stroke 's when he was in his fifties |
| 8 | The sharp coldness pierced his skull and he opened his eyes , preparing himself for a Forest . |
| 9 | Eckersley himself for a time worked for Sir Oswald Mosley [ q.v. ] , joining the New Party and involving himself subsequently in commercial broadcasting schemes which interested Mosley also . |
| 10 | He saw the stone face and the living face unbelievably alike , and checked in his steady advance , himself for a moment still as stone . |
| 11 | ‘ Be quiet , child , ’ said Philip , laying a hand restrainingly on Harry 's arm , though he would have preferred to lay it about his ears if he could have had him to himself for a moment . |
| 12 | You know me , I run with the hare an' hunt with the hounds : I 'd suck up to the devil himself for a penny . ’ |
| 13 | He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness . |
| 14 | Undismayed , he haled an old man out of the audience , stuck him in the chair , and then spoke himself for an hour and answered all the questions . |
| 15 | The serious business of gaining an Oxford scholarship and some measure of financial independence had begun and , for a time , gave Edward the drive necessary to matriculate easily as a non-collegiate student at Oxford , to live in lodgings there , and to attend a full course of lectures to prepare himself for an entrance scholarship to Balliol , Merton , or Lincoln . |
| 16 | Later he reproves himself for an impulse to be rude to a ‘ good auld guy ’ encountered during his terminal search for a bus , and we think of the prating ‘ good old man ’ Polonius . |
| 17 | Freddie the Nark sat back in the cab , feeling very pleased with himself for the way he had handled such a tricky situation . |
| 18 | What Mr Byrne 's unpleasant and excitable letter omitted , and what has been omitted from all subsequent debate , is that Mr Smith is unanswerably the only serious contender offering himself for the leadership . |
| 19 | Harry Lamb worked on his father 's farm , managed on five hours ' sleep a night and studied to prepare himself for the Church of Ireland ministry . |
| 20 | Slowly , the guide bent down , as if to steel himself for the fight . |
| 21 | In effect , God had declared himself for the English and against the French . |
| 22 | Accordingly , Angel One had drawn on his ninjutsu training when preparing himself for the arena , with the purpose of springing a nasty surprise on his twin enemies — the Executioner and the Controller — should the opportunity present itself before he was himself killed . |
| 23 | The question of what he was to do with himself for the rest of his life was never properly resolved in his mind or anyone else 's , which perhaps accounts for his periodic assaults on the whiskey bottle — what Minto called ‘ Warnie 's benders ’ . |
| 24 | Nigel did n't appear to notice her lack of ardour , but went blithely on about having the house to himself for the weekend , so there was going to be a party , and he 'd come and fetch her — |
| 25 | Could he give them a few facts about himself for the company 's press release ? |
| 26 | It was obvious that this was where Harry Mack had settled himself for the night . |
| 27 | Harry had settled himself for the night and then felt the need for a drink of water . |
| 28 | His Prince Hal is never a roaring boy : he sits hunched or sprawled , with dark unwinking eyes : he hopes to be amused by his bully companions , but the eyes constantly muse beyond them into the time when he must steady himself for the crown . |
| 29 | Aroused by his orderly before dawn , le beau Colonel , under a tumultuous bombardment , composedly and meticulously groomed himself for the fray , washing his moustachios in pinard , in the absence of water . |
| 30 | And whereas other Renaissance examples of the exhortation to marriage dwell on the delight and solace of the married state , our poet 's argument , by contrast , is directed to the friend 's reproduction of himself for the benefit of posterity . |