Example sentences of "[noun] for himself [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had carved out a small apartment for himself in one of the wings , kept on the remnants of an elderly staff of servants , and left the rest of the place as it was . |
| 2 | European powers claimed monopoly rights over the trade of their colonies for centuries to come , though other Europeans defied these claims whenever possible , but nobody launched such world-wide claims as the Spanish and the Portuguese , and the Spanish claims became even more all-embracing when Philip II of Spain secured the crown of Portugal for himself in 1580 . |
| 3 | Mr Bush , who was his Vice-President , won the top job for himself in 1988 on the back of that achievement . |
| 4 | Charter skipper Oliver Finnegan who runs deep sea trips on board his new boat ‘ Sharon Michele ’ out of Warrenpoint is making quite a name for himself amongst local sea anglers . |
| 5 | Peace did not reign for long as he provoked the ultimate chop for himself by one day taking his scissors to all of the models ' heads and cropping them . |