Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] himself for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its original meaning çift referred to the smallest unit of land which could support a family , and in the early days of the timar system the çift was the core holding which the timarli farmed himself for the benefit of his own family . |
| 2 | Knowing that it would annoy Geoffrey , Anthony braced himself for the ensuing argument . |
| 3 | Buchan offered himself for the job , but Chapman valued him as a goalscorer , and the link-man role went to Andy Neil . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Malone fined himself for a lack of discipline on Saturday as Ards lost 2-0 to the Blues . |
| 6 | As my right hon. Friend prepares himself for the important meeting with President Yeltsin later this week in London , will he take the opportunity of seeing what can be done to deal with the massive threat which still exists from all the different independent Russian states ? |
| 7 | Delaney readied himself for the final assault . |
| 8 | Round , high-cheeked , boyish but with a scholar 's high brow , it was the face of a man of twenty-seven years of age nerving himself for an extreme deed , a supreme effort of will . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The priest must be celibate in order to purify himself for the handling of the sacred in the sacrament . |
| 11 | Paul blames himself for the end of their relationship . |
| 12 | Taking a few deep breaths to prepare himself for the encounter , Ybreska stepped into the middle of the road to meet his contact . |
| 13 | Ramsay , accepting the need , wondered whether even Douglas would have the presumption to propose himself for the position . |
| 14 | Smith absented himself for the shortest possible time during the annual 1st Glasgow Company camp at Tighnabruaich in July 1909 to receive his knighthood in London . |