Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] himself for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The military historian , James Lucas , who served in Tunisia as Keyes 's runner , remembered him as ‘ a gallant Christian gentleman who sacrificed himself for the men under his command ’ . |
| 3 | In what was seen as a policy of high personal risk , he proposed himself for the post of Prime Minister ( Ivan Silayev having resigned in September — see p. 38416 ) . |
| 4 | He blames himself for the 35-yard rocket from Paul Gascoigne that ripped through his grasp after just five minutes . |
| 5 | Meanwhile he readied himself for a sixteen-tooth smile . |
| 6 | Later he reproves himself for an impulse to be rude to a ‘ good auld guy ’ encountered during his terminal search for a bus , and we think of the prating ‘ good old man ’ Polonius . |
| 7 | He cursed himself for a fool . |
| 8 | He blamed himself for the death of his friend , thinking that if he had n't used the ouija board , perhaps his friend would still be alive . |
| 9 | But even as he braced himself for the end , Robin took a remarkable last photograph of himself for his family . |
| 10 | He gathered himself for a giant leap and SPRONG ! landed right in the middle of the sleeping ducks . |
| 11 | No wonder Edward , in order to protect suitors from ecclesiastical censures or reprisals , made available a new form of the writ which was issued ‘ on behalf of many ’ — ex relatu plurium — in which he substituted himself for the unnamed petitioner or petitioners ; this form of the writ enjoyed wider popularity after the Council of Reading . |