Example sentences of "himself for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Jacob is not dealing with a demon , and when the answer to his question comes , together with the dawn , he knows that himself for certain : ‘ Why is it that you ask my name ? ’ |
| 32 | Eli himself for the most part does not appear in a bad light , but as the one responsible for the proper functioning of the sanctuary , he is implicated in his sons ' guilt , is at one point accused of sharing their greed , and is doomed to share in great disgrace about to befall his family . |
| 33 | The priest must be celibate in order to purify himself for the handling of the sacred in the sacrament . |
| 34 | He was less prominent in the action than William Craig and he felt sufficiently distanced from it to be able to absent himself for a few days in the first week of the strike when he went to Canada to attend a funeral . |
| 35 | The sharp coldness pierced his skull and he opened his eyes , preparing himself for a Forest . |
| 36 | Charles … allowed himself for the sake of a few thousand pounds to be regarded as a greedy and litigious landlord rather than as a just ruler or as a national king . |
| 37 | Sam had a mental vision of a handful of ants thrown at a charging bull , but upbraided himself for cowardice . |
| 38 | Elsworth , who blames himself for ‘ choosing the wrong race ’ for Ghofar twice this season , is now convinced the horse is a much more adaptable jumper than the rather hesitant seven-year-old Brendan Powell rode in 1990 . |
| 39 | He had practiced putting on his kitchen floor at home during the winter to try and prepare himself for the greens . |
| 40 | ‘ The test for Neil is whether he could have done anything better to prepare himself for the task ahead . |
| 41 | Where Barrie tortured himself with Victorian fears about his own adult sexuality , Spielberg flagellates himself for Sixties selfishness and Eighties careerism ( Spielberg himself is one of the baby-boom generation , and divorced ) . |
| 42 | Severiano Ballesteros also had a 70 for a total of 213 but he must have been kicking himself for it included a seven at the 13th . |
| 43 | Just as the race rekindled Classic hopes for Stoute , the flame was snuffed out for Newmarket trainer Mohammed Moubarak , who blamed himself for the dismal performance of 11–4 favourite Forest Tiger , who trailed in last after coming under pressure at half-way . |
| 44 | Yet despite all this he often reproached himself for not being fervent enough . |
| 45 | He grabbed hold of the net and prepared himself for when the giant eel came thrashing into sight . |
| 46 | Newly married and ecstatically happy , he yet felt compelled to offer himself for one of the war 's most hazardous enterprises . |
| 47 | It is hard to know now whether Eden was really being serious , or merely protecting himself for posterity . |
| 48 | Although he referred to her in letters to Zbo as ‘ his wife ’ and was concerned and excited about the baby , Modi was very much the Italian husband , leaving his woman alone while he visited the cafés , living inside of himself for much of the time , coming home drunk and moving restlessly from place to place . |
| 49 | Friends of Fonda 's father said Peter should be ashamed of himself for linking a ‘ great name in movies ’ to such disgraceful junk . |
| 50 | He hated himself for these demeaning fantasies , and was reasonably afraid that she might suspect he nourished them . |
| 51 | And then , raging at himself for his mistake , he would not give the ship up . |
| 52 | Already preparing himself for the first of his political glittering prizes , the viceroyalty of India , he visited the Trans-Caspian in 1888 and published a book on it in 1889 . |
| 53 | While he waited for the bath to fill he went through the whole scene again in his head and congratulated himself for staying so calm . |
| 54 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
| 55 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
| 56 | In the end , several firms undertook penicillin production on a massive scale , but hardly any ever came to Florey himself for the clinical trials which he was desperate to extend . |
| 57 | The truth that ‘ Jesus loved me and gave himself for me , ’ was an incredible transformation for him . |
| 58 | This is because the horse is physically preparing himself for action — running , fighting , playing , courtship etc . |
| 59 | He despised himself for this and consequently admired Elsie all the more . |
| 60 | But he 'd been practising his backhand all year , mentally preparing himself for the North Shore . |