Example sentences of "himself took [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On his arrival in Australia the unnamed chestnut colt was a tall , ungainly and unsightly animal with no hint of quality , and Davis so regretted his outlay , however modest , that the only way Telford could keep the horse in training was to make an arrangement with Davis whereby Telford himself took a three-year lease on the horse , taking two thirds of any prize money won in return for footing the training bill . |
| 2 | The king himself took a hand in the vigorous re-enforcement of the Forest law . |
| 3 | When there was still no evident reaction from the castle , the Regent himself took a hand . |
| 4 | Ramsay himself took a detachment and raced ahead therefore , knowing the position . |
| 5 | John Parker , who himself took a nasty knock on the head while batting in a famous Press match at Harrogate in 1977 , stiffens his reader on page 9 by having the bumptious captain of Surrey keel over ‘ like a battleship hit by a torpedo ’ . |
| 6 | His father was one of the staunchest Royalists in the City during the civil war , and Garway himself took a commission in the royal army as captain of foot . |
| 7 | Another disc started , Herr Hocher placing it on the record-player with his own hands , the result being a foxtrot played by a Russian orchestra , and he himself took the floor with Fräulein Renn , the pair of them going through what seemed to the young people weirdly funny gyrations together . |
| 8 | Then he ordered Ram to serve out the reddest shot he could find in the furnace , watched it loaded and , motioning the pensioners back , himself took the portfire and touched it to the vent . |
| 9 | Wheeler himself took the head of the table with the Bishop on his right and the Archdeacon next to him . |
| 10 | Thomas , who testified first , vehemently denied Hill 's charges and himself took the offensive against liberal Democrats for allowing his reputation to be destroyed in public hearings , televised to the world . |
| 11 | He assisted Edmund Ironside against Cnut , but died and was buried in Hereford , while the Ironside himself took the sister of a Welsh king , and received the support of the Welsh beyond Severn from Lancaster to Malvern . |