Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] himself the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked for and was sent Sketches of Anatomy for Artists ' Use , and struggled to teach himself the complexities of bones and muscles by endless copying . |
| 2 | At last he saw that , if he was ever to eliminate his old habits , then he must refuse to do anything at all until he had given himself the directions . |
| 3 | In retirement he had set himself the task of making a replica Tomkin long-case clock . |
| 4 | Peirce had set himself the task of methodically classifying , and looking for applications of , the n-dimensional systems for all |
| 5 | Jim and Louise , however , had been forced to remain with their captor alongside the open trapdoor , until he had satisfied himself the coast was completely clear . |
| 6 | In Halton , where lord Stanley was receiver , the duke never received his fee as steward , and Stanley continued to pay himself the fee as both constable and steward on the authority of the 1461 letters patent . |
| 7 | In Halton , where lord Stanley was receiver , the duke never received his fee as steward , and Stanley continued to pay himself the fee as both constable and steward on the authority of the 1461 letters patent . |
| 8 | He had left himself the option of return . |
| 9 | She was in some ways , a female Kenneth Williams , an eccentric who could emote facially and vocally in a way in which Ken had established himself the master . |