Example sentences of "himself for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly , the guide bent down , as if to steel himself for the fight . |
| 2 | Initially , in November , which is three months after Stavrogin was quoting Hamlet , Kirillov 's ‘ ROLE IS A FACTUAL ONE ’ — by which Dostoevsky means he ‘ volunteered to shoot himself for the common cause ’ and leave a letter claiming responsibility for Shatov 's murder , thus diverting the attention of the police from Peter Verkhovensky and the quintet . |
| 3 | Having watched television documentaries about life in East Germany , Becker was keen to see for himself for the first time . |
| 4 | The question of what he was to do with himself for the rest of his life was never properly resolved in his mind or anyone else 's , which perhaps accounts for his periodic assaults on the whiskey bottle — what Minto called ‘ Warnie 's benders ’ . |
| 5 | I was once told that Philip Henry Thomas , while preparing himself for the Civil Service examination , had followed his period as a pupil-teacher with a post connected with the railways which were expanding rapidly in industrial South Wales in the 1860s and 1870s . |
| 6 | The Chancellor gradually retired from acting as judge of first instance , and reserved himself for the Court of Appeal in Chancery and for the House of Lords . |
| 7 | Eli himself for the most part does not appear in a bad light , but as the one responsible for the proper functioning of the sanctuary , he is implicated in his sons ' guilt , is at one point accused of sharing their greed , and is doomed to share in great disgrace about to befall his family . |
| 8 | The priest must be celibate in order to purify himself for the handling of the sacred in the sacrament . |
| 9 | Charles … allowed himself for the sake of a few thousand pounds to be regarded as a greedy and litigious landlord rather than as a just ruler or as a national king . |
| 10 | He had practiced putting on his kitchen floor at home during the winter to try and prepare himself for the greens . |
| 11 | ‘ The test for Neil is whether he could have done anything better to prepare himself for the task ahead . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Already preparing himself for the first of his political glittering prizes , the viceroyalty of India , he visited the Trans-Caspian in 1888 and published a book on it in 1889 . |
| 14 | In the end , several firms undertook penicillin production on a massive scale , but hardly any ever came to Florey himself for the clinical trials which he was desperate to extend . |
| 15 | But he 'd been practising his backhand all year , mentally preparing himself for the North Shore . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , he never lets anyone over the door and he sees to himself for the most part . |
| 17 | Buchan offered himself for the job , but Chapman valued him as a goalscorer , and the link-man role went to Andy Neil . |
| 18 | Harry Lamb worked on his father 's farm , managed on five hours ' sleep a night and studied to prepare himself for the Church of Ireland ministry . |
| 19 | ‘ Mr. Green finding it industriously circulated that he has entirely given up his intention of completing his survey , conceives himself for the liberal patronage he has experienced under the obligation of informing his subscribers that so far from relinquishing it , the Plan is three fourths finished , and that he intends laying aside all his other occupations to appropriate the ensuing half-year , from Christmas to midsummer , solely to that work , about which time , as part of it will very early in spring be put into the hands of able engravers , he hopes to complete it . |
| 20 | Delaney readied himself for the final assault . |
| 21 | He straightened his tie and steeled himself for the meeting . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It had been with shame and some irritation that he had recognized in himself for the first time the nagging of jealousy . |
| 24 | Green Gartside sighs and lights another cigarette , bracing himself for the inevitable criticism . |
| 25 | What Mr Byrne 's unpleasant and excitable letter omitted , and what has been omitted from all subsequent debate , is that Mr Smith is unanswerably the only serious contender offering himself for the leadership . |
| 26 | At the branch of a St Lucia hotel , Doc pulls his face into a welcoming rictus and steels himself for the Happy Hour invasion . |
| 27 | Did he will failure on himself for the sake of his solitude ? |
| 28 | He anticipated and insured himself for the re-emergence of Richard Nixon from the political wilderness in 1968 , and correctly judged that Ronald Reagan would defeat Jimmy Carter in 1980 ( which was not such an inevitable result as the next eight years made it seem ) . |
| 29 | In the late twentieth century , therefore , people may find the mystical experiment , which also urges the adept to look within himself for the truth and warns against the danger of simplistic ideas and projections about God , a more attractive form of religion than the more conventional and dogmatic types of faith . |
| 30 | Ramsay , accepting the need , wondered whether even Douglas would have the presumption to propose himself for the position . |