Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] himself the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has set himself the task of trying to discuss the agenda Labour needs to develop over the next two decades on issues such as training , education and poverty . |
| 2 | In retirement he had set himself the task of making a replica Tomkin long-case clock . |
| 3 | Peirce had set himself the task of methodically classifying , and looking for applications of , the n-dimensional systems for all |
| 4 | Jim and Louise , however , had been forced to remain with their captor alongside the open trapdoor , until he had satisfied himself the coast was completely clear . |
| 5 | He had left himself the option of return . |
| 6 | She was in some ways , a female Kenneth Williams , an eccentric who could emote facially and vocally in a way in which Ken had established himself the master . |