Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] himself for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As my right hon. Friend prepares himself for the important meeting with President Yeltsin later this week in London , will he take the opportunity of seeing what can be done to deal with the massive threat which still exists from all the different independent Russian states ? |
| 2 | Round , high-cheeked , boyish but with a scholar 's high brow , it was the face of a man of twenty-seven years of age nerving himself for an extreme deed , a supreme effort of will . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The priest must be celibate in order to purify himself for the handling of the sacred in the sacrament . |
| 5 | Ramsay , accepting the need , wondered whether even Douglas would have the presumption to propose himself for the position . |