Example sentences of "put himself at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The civil rights marches created an opportunity for Ian Paisley to put himself at the head of plebeian Protestant resistance to the civil rights movement . |
| 2 | No industrialist liked to put himself at the mercy of creditors . |
| 3 | John puts himself at risk by climbing on wardrobes ( line 13 ) . |
| 4 | John puts himself at risk by hanging from the bannister ( line 13 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Your father may be embarrassing , but is he putting himself at risk ? |
| 6 | Every day the Profitboss is putting himself at risk . |
| 7 | ‘ More than twenty thousand , mein Fuhrer , ’ said Buhle , putting himself at the top of the class . |
| 8 | In June 1915 my father commented : " I am coming to the conclusion that the heir to the throne of Solomon is at heart a Moslem and is entertaining dreams of one day putting himself at the head of the Mohammadan Abyssinians , and of producing a Moslem kingdom that will stretch far beyond the frontiers of his present Empire . " |
| 9 | THE PEACEMAKER : He sees gifts as an excellent way of atoning for sins , but can put himself at risk by overstating himself — giving an exquisite set of English porcelain when a book token would do . |
| 10 | However , even if we can not blame him for murdering the other in his sleep , we might respect him more if he did put himself at a disadvantage by clinging to one of his last disintegrating scraps of morality . |
| 11 | Why should Billy put himself at risk for the sake of his hereditary enemies , whether he 'd helped to bring them up or not ? |
| 12 | Nevertheless they also took care to ensure that no one made himself vulnerable , no one put himself at risk by careless speech in public assembly . |
| 13 | To Hugh le Despenser on the same day , he expressed similar views and put himself at Despenser 's disposal as an intermediary with Charles IV . |
| 14 | Parys " put himself at the disposal of " Prime Minister Jan Olszewski , which was interpreted as a resignation offer , but Olszewski gave him leave of absence , appointing Romuald Szeremietiew , Parys 's deputy , as acting Defence Minister . |