Example sentences of "prove himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Holford , the West Indies team manager , said : ‘ It seems that the strain of at last proving himself on English wickets last year has had an adverse effect on his form . ’ |
| 2 | He was proving himself to be not only an accurate witness to the times , but a respected one , too . |
| 3 | The Prince Napoleon-Jerome had from the inauguration of the Empire been a constant , and public , critic of his cousin 's policies , proving himself to be at best an embarrassment , at worst a threat to the regime . |
| 4 | No doubt busy proving himself to his latest admirer . |
| 5 | ‘ I go by there most days , ’ said the farmer , proving himself to be the sort of chap who does not mess about but gets straight to the point . |
| 6 | But as he adapts to his new environment , Freddie 's proving himself to be a survivor capable of keeping everyone on the hop . |
| 7 | Farr-Jones has not only proven himself to be the world 's leading scrum-half , but his captaincy over the past four years has grown in maturity and stature with each test and tour match . |
| 8 | By the age of thirty he had proven himself in the communications industry . |
| 9 | It is therefore difficult for him to appreciate the general view of the Service , that , on his return … he must re-establish his professional standing , even though a few years earlier the Service had sent him to University because he had proved himself to be a good , practical policeman . |
| 10 | At the wicket he is a Roman general , unquestioning of his own ability to defeat the barbarians ; yet because the pride and haughtiness are justified by having repeatedly proved himself to be the best , one can not resent them , especially since he usually leaves them on the field of combat . |
| 11 | MODEL David Wood has proved himself to be the brave face of '93 by winning a top modelling event — just after a successful fight against cancer . |
| 12 | And yet , a few years after Gromyko 's death , Marshka had proved himself to be an even greater survivor . |
| 13 | In practice this meant a marked toleration of a variety of extremist ideas provided that the individual had proved himself to be ‘ Jew wise , . |
| 14 | Fortunately Annellie Clyde was an inspired teacher and Artemis , besides being a very talented rider was also an extremely quick learner , so much so that the principles of riding side-saddle were learned by the end of day two , although without the help of Artemis 's new horse , Hullabaloo , who had proved himself to be somewhat too fidgety and edgy to be included in the preliminary tuition . |
| 15 | And one thing Fen had proved himself to be was very human . |
| 16 | And as a result of that David Phillips who as I was saying in the first half has proved himself to be a very valuable all-rounder already to Forest has slotted back in at centre back again and that Garry Crosby has come on as substitute and taken up his usual position and Phillips ' first half position on the right wing . |
| 17 | During this eleventh-hour telephonic summit , Murphy Senior had proved himself to be a tower of strength and a fortress of moral rectitude . |
| 18 | She watched him in reluctant fascination as he put to her , ‘ When it comes to being irresponsible , your brother , I 'm afraid , has already proved himself to be in the top league . ’ |
| 19 | Instead , he had proved himself to be capable of great human emotion . |
| 20 | ‘ Bobby has proved himself to be something of a medical miracle already by his resilience to the treatment . ’ |
| 21 | He has proved himself as a coach , and any doubts harboured at Anfield about his judgement have long since been swept away . |
| 22 | Remembering my conversations with him at the end of 1975 and the beginning of 1976 , it was clear that he wanted fresh fields to conquer , that he thought he had more than proved himself as a racing driver and that he thought he could , with no great difficulty , follow a Bruce McLaren , for instance , and make his own way in cars of his own . |
| 23 | Somerset 's cricket director Bob Cottam said : ‘ Mushtaq has proved himself as a wicket-taker at the highest level . |
| 24 | Joyfully and thankfully reconciled with me , and having proved himself in a very arduous campaign , he might well have rested on his laurels in comfort and safety , waiting for the war to end or to be drafted to some new theatre of operations . |
| 25 | He had proved himself in battle ; he had been of service . |
| 26 | One of his regrets is that in four series against West Indies his record is very ordinary — one innings in which he took eight wickets , but little else of note — and he is aware that not having proved himself against the best team in the world will be held against him when reputations come to be assessed . |
| 27 | She had lived to see him prove himself beyond all her expectations . |
| 28 | First , however , he must prove himself in the hardest job of his life . |
| 29 | But he proved himself at Charlton Athletic when the chips were down . ’ |
| 30 | Mr Blue , though a magnificent dog himself , never really proved himself as a stud , whereas Superman , one of six champions sired by Bulli , became a prolific sire . |