Example sentences of "[verb] himself [adj] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearer and nearer the squares came to the picture until there were only four left and Ferdinando made himself ready for the journey to Leghorn , where he would take over Gigia and Oreste from Mr Ogilvy , who continued to Rome , and see one to Florence and the other to Siena . |
| 2 | ALTHOUGH John Kirwan might be in a honeymoon mood at the moment after the whole All Black team turned up at his recent marriage in Italy ( see pages 54 and 65 ) , his good humour is unlikely to last too long if the NZRFU meeting on December 12 and 13th decides to take action against him over his public announcement that he would not make himself available for the All Blacks if Auckland coach John Hart is not Grizz Wyllie 's successor as national coach . |
| 3 | If the casual worker can not make himself available for the full length of time requested , he is unlikely to be offered the assignment , although exceptions will be made if the organisation is facing a tight labour market and can only cover its manpower requirements by bringing in " part-timers " . |
| 4 | When Faraway Moses , who was once Count St Sylvain and a Black Rider , is captured and imprisoned , Jasper the Terrible , who has made himself responsible for the boy in his own household , offers to release the man who has become like a father to Dick if he will reveal the names of the other Confederates . |
| 5 | He also proclaimed himself fit for the job and fully recovered from the heart attack that threatened his career over four years ago . |
| 6 | What a storm Sandy Lyle created by making himself unavailable for the Ryder Cup . |
| 7 | Even now he says he was surprised by the appointment , which caused him to make himself unavailable for the British Lions ' tour of South Africa . |
| 8 | Another body blow to South African morale was the decision by Jannie Breedt not to make himself available for the tour . |
| 9 | World Cup winning captain Nick Farr-Jones as finally decided to make himself available for the Wallabies ’ domestic Test matches against Scotland and the New Zealand All Blacks . |