Example sentences of "for himself at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shakespeare 's technique , to let us into a secret that the hero will only discover for himself at the end , is a common one in playwriting and storytelling . |
| 2 | But the ever-smiling Adams , who has been dogged by a catalogue of injuries over the past two years , was in no mood to feel sorry for himself at Party Politics ' home-coming , attended by more than 500 people in Upper Lambourn yesterday . |
| 3 | She helps William Ernest with his reading and encourages him to stick up for himself at school . |
| 4 | Wright , a player I 've admired since he made a name for himself at Crystal Palace , was strangely ignored for the European championship finals . |
| 5 | Hatim asked me if I could confirm a rumour , circulating in Baghdad , that Odeh , Saddam 's son , had given a birthday party for himself at which he and his 300 guests had all worn purple and drunk out of purple goblets . |
| 6 | Throughout his life the author loved and drew inspiration from the whole region , from Smailholm to ‘ Scott 's View ’ above the river Tweed and the house he built for himself at Abbotsford . |
| 7 | Russell was what you might call a social climber , inasmuch as he specialized in fitting out rock shelters for himself at various altitudes and if possible receiving his friends in them . |
| 8 | Gould also made a considerable name for himself at home , finally attaining the scientific status he had yearned for as an ornithologist , on or off the field . |
| 9 | When he built a bungalow for himself at Kinmel Bay in 1971 it was the start of a house-building career which was to lead to the receiving of important awards at national ceremonies in top London hotels . |